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The History Canada Game: Preview Party

May 31, 2009
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Skywoman, First Woman and the Three Sisters

January 31, 2007
By Rosa John. Read More...

HistoriCanada: Our Past Need Not be a Foreign Country

January 31, 2007
By Thomas Axworthy. The past is everywhere. But as historian David Lowenthal points out in making this observation, the past is also a foreign country. HistoriCanada aims to entice people in general, and students in particular, into making a trip to this foreign land. Read More...

Game Developers Notes

January 31, 2007
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Totem or Not Totem: That is the Question

January 30, 2007
By Francis Back. Totem figures are powerful visual tools in depicting First Nations civilizations, their cultures and their stories. Read More...

The Use of the Terms 'Chief' and 'Sachem'

January 24, 2007
By Ron Robert. Comments on the use of the word 'Chief' with reference to the aboriginal nations in the game. Read More...

Soundtrack Composers Notes - Donald Quan

January 22, 2007
By Donald Quan. Composer's notes for the aboriginal soundtrack music in HistoriCanada Read More...

Skywoman Falls to Earth

January 22, 2007
By Rosa John. The Haudenosaunee story of Skywoman and the creation of Turtle Island Read More...

Who are the Iroquois (Hodenosaunee-People of the Longhouse)?

January 15, 2007
By Ron Robert. A discussion of the often mistaught notion that the Huron were at war with "The Iroquois". Read More...