39. Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings by Margaret Hryniuk and Frank Korvemaker, photos by Larry EastonMy parents sent me this because my dad's a friend of the photographer. It's mostly a very pretty coffee table book, but I thought I'd have a read of the text ( Read more... )

30. Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State by Jennifer ReidBought this when I was visiting my parents last year ( Read more... )

16. Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blake Stonechild and Bill WaiserArguably, the only interesting thing that ever happened in Saskatchewan is the Riel rebellion (although if you nerd for labour history there's the Bienfait miners' strike).[1][2] In school we were taught that the rebellion was an uprising of the Metis[4] ( Read more... )