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Brebner, John Bartlet

The explorers of North America, 1492-1806 / by John Bartlet Brebner.  New York : Macmillan, 1933. xv, 502 pages, [4] folded pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F14 B74

Explorers
America — Discovery and exploration
North America — History.

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Burpee, Lawrence J.

The search for the western sea : the story of the exploration of north-western America / by Lawrence J. Burpee.  New and rev. ed. Toronto : Macmillan Company of Canada, 1935. 2 v. : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F14 B93

Fraser, Simon

The letters and journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 / edited with an introd. by W. Kaye Lamb ; maps by C. C. J. Bond.  Toronto : Macmillan, 1960. 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F14 F46

Barbeau, Charles Marius

Indian captivities Washington, D.C. : American Philosophical Society, 1950. [522]-548 pages ; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 B23 In2

Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, v. 94, no. 6 (Dec. 1950.

First Nations of North America — Captivities.

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Barbeau, Marius

Indian captivities / Marius Barbeau.  Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1950. p. [522]-548 ; 27 cm.

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First Nations of North America — Captivities.

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Brownell, Charles De Wolf

The Indian races of North and South America, comprising an account of the principal aboriginal races : a description of their national customs, mythology, and religious ceremonies; the history of their most powerful tribes, and of their most celebrated ch / by Charles De Wolf Brownell.  New York : The American Subscription Publishing House, 1859. 720 pages, [40] pages of plates : colour plates, ports

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 B82

Brownell, Charles De Wolf

The Indian races of North and South America, comprising an account of the principal aboriginal races : a description of their national customs, mythology, and religious ceremonies; the history of their most powerful tribes, and of their most celebrated ch / by Charles De Wolf Brownell.  New York : The American Subscription House, 1857. 720 pages, [44] pages of plates : colour plates, ports

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 B82 1857

Drake, Samuel G.

Biography and history of the Indians of North America ... : also, a history of their wars .. / by Samuel G. Drake.  5th ed., with large additions and corrections, and numerous engravings. Boston : Antiquarian Institute, 1837. xii, 48, 120, 144, 96, 168 pages, [12] pages of plat

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 D78

Spine title: Indians of North America. First published under title: Indian biography. Added t.pages title: The book of the Indians of North America.

First Nations of North America — History
First Nations of North America — Biography.

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Grey Owl

A Book of Grey Owl : pages from the writings of Wa-sha-quon-asin / with an introduction by Hugh Eayrs.  Toronto : Macmillan, 1938. xxi, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 G86

Hatzan, A. Leon

The true story of Hiawatha and history of the Six Nation Indians / by A. Leon Hatzan.  Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1925. 298 pages, [9] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 H28

Iroquois Indians
Hiawatha, Iroquois Indian.

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Hodge, Frederick Webb

Handbook of Indians of Canada : published as an appendix to the Tenth report of the Geographic Board of Canada / edited by Frederick Webb Hodge.  Ottawa : Geographic Board, 1913. x, 632 pages : 3 fold maps. ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 H66

Reprinted by permission of Mr. F.W. Hodge ... from Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico, published as Bulletin 30, Bureau of American ethnology, and edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Reprinted under the direction of James White. Published also in French under title: Manuel des indiens du Canada. At head of title: Geographic Board. Canada. 1912.

White, James, 1863-1928.

First Nations of North America — Canada.

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Hodge, Frederick Webb

Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico / edited by Frederick Webb Hodge.  Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off., 1907-1910. 2 v. : illustrations, maps (1 fold) ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 H66 2

On spine: 59th Congress. Ist session, December 4, 1905-1906. House Documents, Volume 61-62

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

First Nations of North America — Encyclopedias.

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Hunter, John D.

Memoirs of a captivity among the Indians of North America, from the author's earliest recollection to his assumption of the habits of civilized life London : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, 1823-. 468 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 H92

Issued with: Manners and customs of several Indian tribes : located west of the Mississippi.

First Nations of North America — Captivities
First Nations of North America — Social life and customs.

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Jenness, Diamond

The American aborigines, their origin and antiquity Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1933. 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 J43

A collection of papers by ten authors, assembled and edited by Diamond Jenness; published for presentation at the fifth Pacific Science Congress, Canada, 1933.

Indians — Origin
First Nations of North America — Antiquities
Indians of South America — Antiquities
Man — Migrations.

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Jenness, Diamond

The Indians of Canada / by Diamond Jenness.  Ottawa : F.A. Acland, printer to the King, 1932. x, 446 pages : colour front., illustrations, colour plates. ; 26 c

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Folded map in pocket.

First Nations of North America — Canada.

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MacMillan, Cyrus

Canadian wonder tales / by Cyrus Macmillan ; with illustrations in colour by George Sheringham and a foreword by Sir William Peterson.  London : John Lane, 1918. xvi, 199 pages : colour front., colour plates ; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 M22 C16

Folklore — Canada
First Nations of North America — Folklore.

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Macmillan, Cyrus

Glooskap's country, and other Indian tales / illustrated by John A. Hall.  Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1955. 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 M22 G51

Chamberlain, Montague

Maliseet vocabulary / by Montague Chamberlain ; with an introduction by William F. Ganong.  Cambridge Mass. : Harvard Cooperative Society, 1899. 94 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 M46 C35

Stirling, Matthew Williams

Origin myth of Acoma and other records / by Matthew W. Stirling.  Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1942. viii, 123 pages, 17 plates (1 colour) on 9 pages : ill

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At head of title: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

Acoma Indians — Religion and mythology
Acoma (N.M.)

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Thatcher, B. B.

Indian biography : a minute and graphic story of early Indian life in the United States : Indian manners, customs and wars, a valuable compendium to American history / by B. B. Thatcher.  Akron, Ohio : Superior Printing Co., 1910. 187 pages ; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 T32

Zeisberger, David

David Zeisberger's History of the Northern American Indians / edited by Archer Butler Hulbert and William Nathaniel Schwarze.  Columbus : Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1910. ii, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 Ze3

On spine: History of the Northern American Indians. Appeared originally in the regular Quarterly publications of the Society for January and April, 1910.--Pref. Includes index.

Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933
Schwarze, William Nathaniel, 1875-1948.

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.

First Nations of North America
First Nations of North America — New York (State)
First Nations of North America — Pennsylvania
First Nations of North America — Ohio.

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Marquette, Jacques

Facsimile of Père Marquette's Illinois Prayer Book : its history / by J.L. Hubert Neilson.  Quebec : Quebec Lit. and Hist. Society, 1908. 12 pages : facsims., port. ; 16 x 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F16 I16 A15

History of the prayer book is in English; text of the prayer book is in Illinois, with some headings in French and Latin. The prayer book was prepared by Father Claude Allouez at the request of Father Marquette--pages 8. Published ... in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, July 1608. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies.

Allouez, Claude, 1622-1689
Neilson, J. L. Hubert (John Louis Hubert), 1845-1925.

Illinois language — Texts.

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Leland, Charles Godfrey

The Algonquin legends of New England, or, Myths and folk lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes / by Charles G. Leland.  2nd ed. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1885, 1884. xv, 379 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F16 L53

Maine Historical Society

Newsletter / Maine Historical Society.  Portland, Me. : The Society, 1961-. 28 cm.

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Description based on: fall 1984. Title from cover.

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Partridge, Emelyn Newcomb

Glooscap the great chief, and other stories : legends of the Micmacs New York : Sturgis & Walton, 1913. 293 pages : front. (port. group) plates. ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F16 M58 P25

Most of the stories are adapted from Rand's Legends of the Micmacs.

Glooscap (Legendary character)
Mi'kmaq — Folklore
First Nations of North America — Legends.

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