Books published by Purich Publishing

Dawn Mills passionately shows how reconciliation can be achieved between Canada's First Nations and the various levels of government.

Exploring constitutional and administrative policy changes that underscore the urgent need for Aboriginal justice reform.

Building on the success of their earlier work, The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People, Hildebrandt and Hubner revisit the hills and bring new and updated material to this book.

Through an examination of treaty rights, Johnson makes a passionate plea for equality and harmony between First Nations, governments, and society in general.

Using several Aboriginal communities as case studies, Green analyzes the successes and challenges for alternative sentencing within the Canadian criminal justice system.

A comprehensive survey of the Indigenous Peoples of the world, including who they are, where they live, and similarities in their history and future challenges.

This ground-breaking analysis of complex issues of youth justice challenges the assumptions behind Canada's approach to youth justice and mental health disorders.

Policy, philosophy, strategy, and legal arguments are combined to build innovative strategies to advance Aboriginal claims.

In a respectful and personal account of his life and the Cowessess people, Harold LeRat, shares the history and many successes of Indian peoples, despite the numerous challenges they faced.

At the heart of this timely and significant book is an alternative way of thinking about Aboriginal crime and justice.

Retired Police Sergeant Ernie Louttit heads back to the streets in his second book, giving readers a rare glimpse of the realities a street cop faces dealing with prostitutes, street gangs, drunk drivers, and other offenders.

Now in its 4th edition, this definitive text discusses and clarifies Canadian laws impacting Aboriginal peoples.

An interdisciplinary guide for learning about government policy and the aspirations of Canada's Aboriginal peoples.

Retired police sergeant Ernie Louttit shares stories from the streets of Saskatoon, struggling to bring justice to communities where the lines between criminal and victim often blurred.

The story of the prairie treaties and Alexander Morris, a man who embraced a larger concept of nationhood and the role of First Nations in the expansion of Canada.

What does the duty to consult actually mean, and when it is required? The policies and decisions made regarding this duty are concisely outlined, along with important questions that remain.

Timely, innovative, and progressive, this collection provides an essential frame of reference to measure the development of Aboriginal legal policy respecting recognition, definition and jurisdiction in Canada.

Slots, cards, and casinos: what does gambling mean to First Nations communities in Canada?

Co-founder of the international movement Idle No More, Sylvia McAdam shares nehiyaw (Cree) laws so that future generations may understand and live by them, revitalizing Indigenous nationhood.

Upstream Medicine features interviews with physicians who are identifying and addressing the upstream conditions that lead to good health and long lives, thus avoiding more complex, painful, and expensive downstream medical problems later on. By transforming how we imagine the practice of medicine, this book will help us build a healthier society.

A socio-cultural examination of the political organizations that advocate for Aboriginal rights in government policy and the rationale behind them.

Unique within Canadian legal writing, this book unpacks the complex conceptual differences between the fiduciary duty of the Crown and the honour of the Crown.

The duty to consult has a fundamental importance for all Canadians, yet misunderstandings of the doctrine remain widespread; this book addresses those misconceptions.

The government, Guerin, and the golf course: the inside story of the Musqueam people's 26-year struggle to right the injustice done to them by the federal government in leasing their land as a golf course.

Mainville provides clear and practical principles for addressing the breach of Aboriginal and treaty rights and determining appropriate compensation.

How the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other human rights legislation apply to education.

A much needed discussion on creating collaborative local treaty land arrangements, where First Nations and municipal governments are shaping the future of their respective communities as well as providing a model for other communities.

Despite what the criteria of the Indian Act states regarding Aboriginal status, Palmater argues that blood should not determine belonging.

A comprehensive evaluation of how negotiations for Treaty One were shaped by Aboriginal Anishinabe laws

Drawing upon the narrative memory of his family from the James Smith and Sandy Lake reserves in Saskatchewan, Neal McLeod gives a narrative history of the determination and adaptability of Plains Cree.