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Northwest Territories

Coates, Kenneth. Canada's Colonies: A History of the Yukon and Northwest Territories. J. Lorimer, 1985. Unromanticized historical perspective of Canada's north as seen by those who live there.

Hamilton, John D. Arctic Revolution: A Political and Social History of the Northwest Territories, 1935-1993. Dundurn, 1994. Traces the events that shaped the growth of native organizations and indigenous control of government.

Hancock, Lyn. Northwest Territories. Grolier, 1996. Exceptional illustrations and strong chapters on the land, people, government and economy of the Northwest Territories mark this book as an accessible and entertaining read, especially for younger readers.

Ingstad, Helge. The Land of Feast and Famine. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. Best known for his discovery in 1960 of a Viking village in Newfoundland, Ingstad also traveled through the Northwest Territories and recorded his adventures in this book—a vivid portrayal of the last days of the fur-trading era.

Reynolds, Jan. Frozen Land: Vanishing Cultures. Harcourt Brace, 1993. Describes the traditional ways of Inuit life in the Northwest Territories and some of the changes Inuit people have had to face; for younger readers.

Zaslow, Morris. The Northward Expansion of Canada, 1914-1967. McClelland & Stewart, 1988. History of Canada's development of the north in the period after World War I.

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