Manitoba History articles from October 2005

Manitoba History archives from October 2005

Manitoba History: reflections on a quarter century.
October 1, 2005... Twenty-five years, fifty issues. As many of our readers know, Manitoba History began in 1980 under editor Dr. Jean Friesen. Her intent was to combine the Manitoba Historical Society's long tradition of scholarly publishing, as represented by...

Commemorating ethnocultural communities in Manitoba.
October 1, 2005... On December 11, 2004 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Parks Canada convened a workshop in Winnipeg to discuss ideas and approaches to the commemoration of the history of Canada's--and Manitoba's--diverse population. (1) This...

The boons and banes of booze: the liquor trade in rural Manitoba, 1929-1939.
October 1, 2005... The history of liquor is an interesting and difficult one to undertake. It is deeply entangled in the larger issue of moral reform, creating divisions along class, gender, ethnic, and geographic lines. Constructions of identity, the regulation...

The life of Yosh Tashiro.(Young Historians)(Biography)
October 1, 2005... In considering our ancestral origins, we find that our past is often only vaguely sketched in our memories. For most of us, our heritage is the background music that has shaped who we are today, though often we are left with very little clear...

A storied past.
October 1, 2005... During a trip to Arborg, Manitoba last October, I walked through our old family home, the Sigvaldason House, which is now awaiting restoration at The Arborg & District Multicultural Heritage Village. The original owners of this home had been...

Frank Leith Skinner.
October 1, 2005... On Sunday, July 17th 2005, at a ceremony at the Frank Skinner Arboretum Trail at Dropmore, Manitoba, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled a plaque commemorating the national significance of Manitoba horticulturalist Frank...

A new map of fur trade posts in North America.
October 1, 2005... During the fur trade period and over the years since that time many maps have been produced showing the locations of trading posts. Each map is important and provides information about the site or the author, although in numerous cases the maps...

Winnipeg's silent film star.(Lillian Rich Nicholson)
October 1, 2005... By all appearances, Lionel Edward "Leo" Nicholson was born in 1894 with a proverbial golden spoon in his mouth. His father Edward was a Winnipeg grocery broker who could afford the best for his kids. Young Leo and his older sister Mae were...

Manitoba bibliography / 2004.(Bibliography)
October 1, 2005... Books Aiken, Don, and Chris Thain. It Happened in Manitoba: Stories of the Red River Province. Calgary, AB: Fifth House, 2004. Barr, Elinor, and Betty Dyck. Ignace: A Saga of the Shield. Thunder Bay, ON: Singing Shield Productions,...

Donna G. Sutherland, Peguis: A Noble Friend.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Donna G. Sutherland, Peguis: A Noble Friend Selkirk: Chief Pequis Heritage Park Inc. 2003 ISBN: 1-55099-137-X, $24.95 Donna Sutherland wrote a biography of the Ojibwe leader, known as Peguis or the "Cut-Nose Chief" which was published in...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2005... Manitoba History regrets that a production error caused a portion of Jack Bumsted's review of Canada Needs You, Volume 1 (Manitoba History, no. 49, June 2005) to be omitted. Our apologies to Dr. Bumsted. Readers are encouraged to see the full...

Dennis F. Johnson, Inland Armada: The York Boats of the Hudson's Bay Company.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Dennis F. Johnson, Inland Armada: The York Boats of the Hudson's Bay Company Selkirk, Lower Fort Garry Volunteer Association Inc., 2005 ISBN 0-9738356-0-5, $16.95 Dennis Johnson, in his book Inland Armada, sets out to tell the story of the...

John Einarson, Made in Manitoba: A Musical Legacy.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... John Einarson, Made in Manitoba: A Musical Legacy Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2005, ISBN: 1894283562, $29.95. This 9 x 11 paperback has no index and no bibliography. The black and white illustrations, often 2-3 or more to a page...

Announcement.
October 1, 2005... With this issue Manitoba History says goodbye to our longtime Reviews editor Jim Blanchard. It has been a great pleasure working with Jim over the last eight years his dedication to the journal has been matched only by his dry sense of humour,...