Prairie History #10
Spring 2023
“Education is the New Bison”, an art piece in the shape of a bison, was created by artist Val Vint and unveiled at The Forks in Winnipeg in June 2020. Photo thanks to George Penner.
IN THIS ISSUE
Feature Articles
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Beyond Preservation and Use: National Parks and Settler Colonialism in Western Canada, 1880s-1930s
BY Robert Vranich | Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Rabbi Elieser Gruber’s Jewish Agricultural Settlement Schemes in Manitoba
BY John C. Lehr | Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg
Prairie Pageant
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Govan, Saskatchewan: Portrait of a Prairie Town (Part I)
BY Keith Foster | Regina, Saskatchewan
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“Everybody but the Golden Boy”: The Race to Conquer Lake Winnipeg
BY Sabrina Janke | Winnipeg
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The Photographic Legacy of Theodore Edward Howard (1880-1960)
BY Giles Bugailiskis | Winnipeg
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Rural Manitoba and the Winnipeg Grenadiers
BY Stephen Sharman | Selkirk, Manitoba
Book Reviews
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Einar Odd Mortensen Sr. with Gerd Kjustad Mortensen, The Fur Trader: From Oslo to Oxford House, Ingrid Urberg and Daniel Sims eds., University of Alberta Press, 2022, 177 pages. ISBN 9781772125986, $34.99 (paperback)
BY Dr. Melissa Gjellstad, University of North Dakota
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Scott Berthelette, Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire: French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed, McGill- Queen’s University, Press, 2022, 376 pages, ISBN 9780228010593, $39.95 (paperback), $140.00 (cloth).
BY Harry Duckworth, University of Manitoba
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Dale Eisler, From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation, Regina: University of Regina Press, 2022, 381 pages. ISBN 9780889778641, $34.95 (paperback)
BY Nolan Brown, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Matthew Barrett and Robert C. Engen, Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada’s First World War, McGill-Queen’s University Press: Montreal, 337 pages. ISBN: 978022801579, $34.95 (cloth)
BY James Kostuchuk, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
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Jennifer Adese and Chris Andersen (eds.), A People and a Nation: New Directions in Contemporary Métis Studies. University of British Columbia Press, 2021, 252 pages, ISBN 9780774865074, $29.95 (paperback)
BY Lyle Ford, University of Manitoba Libraries
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Wes Olson and Johane Janelle, The Ecological Buffalo: On The Trail of A Keystone Species, Foreword by Harvey Locke/ Afterword by Leroy Little Bear. University of Regina Press, 2022, 277 pages. ISBN 9780889778719, $39.95 (paperback)
BY Greg Thomas, Winnipeg
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R. Gordon Moyles, Death Stalked the Trails: The Klondike Gold Rush Through Edmonton 1897-98, Edmonton: Edmonton and District Historical Society, 2022, 195 pages. ISBN 9781773544014, $24.00 (paperback)
BY James A. Burns, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Prairie Gazette
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Treaty Education Facility, Agowiidiwinan Centre, opens at Winnipeg’s Forks National Site
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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New Exhibit in Edmonton for Black History Month
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Education is the New Buffalo: Where did it All Begin?
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Historians in Residence: Alberta Leads the Way
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Witness Blanket: A Remarkable Art Installation about Residential School Survivors
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Some Notes on Ukrainian Culture on the Prairies
BY Greg Thomas & Sheila Grover
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Asking Questions of the Past: Heritage as a Tool for Sustainable Livelihoods
BY Kristin Catherwood, Heritage Saskatchewan
