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Waking Nanabijou

Uncovering a Secret Past

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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Waking Nanabijou

Uncovering a Secret Past

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

A woman from Northern Ontario is buried; her earthly papers reveal a mystery. Veteran Canadian journalist Jim Poling took on the most important assignment of his career: Just who was his mother? Why did she take a lifelong secret to her grave? In his search for clues throughout his childhood years in Northern Ontario, the author goes to Chapleau, the railway town where the people he believed were his ancestors played out their roles in building the railway. It ends in the Prairie village of Innisfree, Alberta, home to Joe LaRose, convicted horse thief and father of a girl destined for trouble. A search that began in anger at his mother's secrecy concludes with an understanding of her actions. In the process, he explores the place of families within Canadian society and reveals the shameful ongoing discrimination against Native Peoples and the abusive treatment of illegitimacy. Throughout, glimpses of working life in newsrooms add insider perspectives on the "handling" of our daily news. A former Indian Affairs reporter, Poling shares insights into the ongoing plight of Canada's First Nations people. He observes that Canada will never realize its true potential until positive steps are taken to resolve longstanding issues.

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Dundurn

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1459714415

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9781459714410

Tecumseh

Shooting Star, Crouching Panther

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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Tecumseh

Shooting Star, Crouching Panther

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

Shawnee war chief Tecumseh dedicated his life to stopping American expansion and preserving the lands and cultures of North American Aboriginal peoples. He travelled relentlessly trying to build a confederation of tribes that would stop the territorial ambitions of the newly created United States of America. Tecumseh tried both diplomacy and battle to preserve his Ohio Valley homelands. When he realized that neither could stop the American advancement, he turned to the British in Canada for help as the War of 1812 began. He and Isaac Brock, British geneal and Canadian hero, caputured Detroit early in the war and historians believe they would have gone on to more impressive battles had Brock not fallen at Queenston Heights in 1812. After the loss of Brock, some success was achieved against the Americans, notably in the woods at Fort Meigs, Ohio, in May 1813. But when the Americans won the decisive Battle of Lake Erie later that summer, the door to Canada was opened. Chased by his nemesis William Henry Harrison, Tecumseh and the British retreated, making a final stand at the Battle of Moraviantown. Tecumseh was killed in the battle. His death marked the end of First Nations resistence to American expansion south of the Great Lakes. A great leader, Tecumseh left an indelible mark on the history of both Canada and the United States. The story of his struggle to preserve a vanishing culture is one that remains relvant toda. One of the greatest tributes to Tecumseh came from his enemy, Harrison, who later became president of the United States. He called Tecumseh an "uncommon genius," who in another place, another time, could have built an empire.

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1770705686

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Tom Thomson

The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter

By: Jim Poling Sr.

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Tom Thomson

The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter

By: Jim Poling Sr.

An overturned canoe. A body recovered. Presumably Thomson drowned. That should have been the end of it. It was only the beginning." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography, history, the visual arts or true-life mysteries. Tom Thomson is perhaps Canada's most famous artist. His short and glorious career was abruptly and brutally ended on July 8, 1917. Since the recovery of Thomson's body, theories as to the cause of his death -- accident? murder? -- have preoccupied sleuths for close to 100 years.

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James Lorimer & Company

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Waking Nanabijou

Uncovering a Secret Past

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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Smoke Signals

The Native Takeback of North America's Tobacco Industry

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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The Native Takeback of North America's Tobacco Industry

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

The history and current state of tobacco from its Native origins in South America's Andes through its checkered history in North America as a "miracle" drug, powerful narcotic, friend of government revenue departments, and law-enforcement target as contraband and tax diversion are traced.

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1459706412

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Bears in the Bird Feeders

Cottage Life on Shaman’s Rock

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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Bears in the Bird Feeders

Cottage Life on Shaman’s Rock

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

As well as fun and relaxation, cottage living throughout the seasons is a reminder that all of us, even the most urbanized individual, are part of the natural world. Listen carefully and you will hear cottage country whispering lessons that can make our lives less frenetic, less complicated. The mournful call of the loon, the wind sighing in the trees, the hammering of the pileated woodpecker remind us that we are a part of a more natural world too often lost in our urban societies. Reflections from a still lake and a flickering campfire help us to realize that things might go easier for humankind if more issues were examined in softer, reflective light and without heated debate. People gathered at campfires, soothed by nature’s tranquility, tend to listen and be more thoughtful before they speak. This book will bring you on a journey through four seasons of cottaging and show you that nature has a remarkable power to heal – it just needs the human race to give it a helping hand. Along the way it will introduce you to some tips and tricks for making cottage life more comfortable and enjoyable.

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145970195X

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Tecumseh

Shooting Star, Crouching Panther

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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PanAngling's International Fishing Escapes

By: Jim C. Chapralis,Paul W. Melchior

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PanAngling's International Fishing Escapes

By: Jim C. Chapralis,Paul W. Melchior

Favorite fishing spots include the United States, South America, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, Belize, Russia & others.

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0961819316

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Tom Thomson

The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter

By: Jim Poling Sr.

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The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter

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Smoke Signals

The Native Takeback of North America's Tobacco Industry

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

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The Native Takeback of North America's Tobacco Industry

By: Jim Poling, Sr.

A compelling look at tobacco’s uses and abuses from its Native origins to today’s controversies. When Europeans discovered tobacco among Amerindians in the New World, it became a long-sought panacea of panaceas, the critical ingredient in enemas, ointments, syrups, and powders employed to treat everything from syphilis to cancer. Almost five centuries passed before medical researchers concluded that tobacco is unhealthy and can cause cancer. Smoke Signals follows tobacco from its origins in South America’s Andes through its checkered history as a "miracle cure," powerful addictive and poison, friend of government revenue departments, and enemy of law enforcement directed at contraband and tax diversion. Author Jim Poling, Sr., traces tobacco’s sacredness among Natives, notably how the modern substance has changed Native lives, sometimes for the good, often for the bad, explores how the coffers of governments, now so dependent on tobacco revenue, will be affected if the plant’s commercial use is eliminated, and examines how Native traditions, including tobacco as a holy herb, might survive in modern society and strengthen Natives.

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1459706420

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Bears in the Bird Feeders

Cottage Life on Shaman's Rock

By: Jim Poling

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Cottage Life on Shaman's Rock

By: Jim Poling

Going to the cottage can be like travelling to your own tiny piece of the world. Cottage country whispers messages to us through the call of the loon, the wind sighing in the trees, and the hammering of a pileated woodpecker on a tree. But urban lifestyles block both adults and children from the lessons of nature. Our increasingly nature-deficient youth need more opportunities to see, hear, and feel the natural world, and to understand that all of us are part of it. After all, bush country is Canada's heritage. As family places for fun and relaxation, cottages provide time and solitude to reflect on how to make the world a calmer, less argumentative place. This book will bring you on a journey through the four seasons and teach you that nature has a remarkable power to heal itself ? it just needs the human race to give it a helping hand.

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1459702182

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The Canoe

An Illustrated History

By: Jim R. Poling

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The Canoe

An Illustrated History

By: Jim R. Poling

A fascinating historical and cultural examination of the canoe in North American culture. There is hardly a river or a lake in North America that was not first seen by Natives and Europeans alike from the gunwale of a canoe. Dugout, bark craft and skin canoes, used in aboriginal North America, coureur canoes used by French colonists, and the cane and wood crafts used by the Spanish explorers were all used for travel, exploration, trading and hunting for decades before the invention of the train or motorboat. In The Canoe: An Illustrated History, Jim Poling explores the relationship between North Americans and the canoe as it evolved from being a tool for survival and exploration to its modern-day place as a recreational watercraft, an Olympic sporting event and a work of skilled craftsmenship. With engaging historical accounts of the first canoeists, detailed explanations of canoe building - a craft that is still very much alive today - and more than 80 illustrations and photos, the idea of the canoe the role it has played in shaping North American culture is explored in fascinating detail. (2000)

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1552633101

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The Decoy

By: Jim Poling

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The Decoy

By: Jim Poling

The use of duck decoys in hunting was developed thousands of years ago by native North Americans. The skill of decoy carving was later passed on to Europeans upon their arrival in North America. By the late 1980s and 1990s, hand-made and antique decoys became full-fledged collector`s items. Some rare decoys, in fact, have been sold for upwards of a quarter of a million dollars. In The Decoy, Jim Poling, Sr. explores the history of these fascinating artifacts. The Decoy includes 40 full-colour images from the private, and never-before-seen, decoy collection of Peter Brown, and 25 images from two of North America`s oldest and best known decoy companies: Blackwater Decoys and Loon Lake Decoys. (2001)

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1552633012

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Book's by Jim Poling Sr.

Waking Nanabijou

Waking Nanabijou

Tecumseh

Tecumseh

Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson

Waking Nanabijou

Waking Nanabijou

Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

Bears in the Bird Feeders

Bears in the Bird Feeders

Tecumseh

Tecumseh

PanAngling's International Fishing Escapes

PanAngling's International Fishing Escapes

Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson

Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

Bears in the Bird Feeders

Bears in the Bird Feeders

The Canoe

The Canoe

The Decoy

The Decoy

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