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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

Being Prime Minister

War of 1812: A History from Beginning to End

Our Living Tradition

I Bless You in My Heart

LOST and FOUND

Earliest Toronto

The Land of the Winanishe

Born to be Hung

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Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times, volume II (Publications of the Champlain Society, volume 49)

True Sea Stories on the BC Coast

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