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It doesn't quite match the excitement of winning the Stanley Cup, a feat Norm Maracle and his Detroit Red Wings' teammates accomplished in 1998, yet Maracle is still rather pleased with his latest accomplishment. The 26-year-old Native goaltender backstopped the Orlando Solar Bears to the Turner Cup, the International Hockey League's championship.

Orlando defeated the Chicago Wolves 4-1 in the best-of-seven championship series, which concluded in late May.

To top it off, Maracle, a Mohawk, was selected as the most valuable player in the IHL playoffs.

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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

By Louise Erdrich

HarperCollins

361 pages (hc)

$39.50

The author photo on Chippewa writer Louise Erdrich's last two books shows her as haggard, drawn, shadowed. No wonder. In the mid-1990s, she was embroiled in a messy divorce from her longtime collaborator and husband, the writer and academic Michael Dorris, who committed suicide in 1997 after being investigated for the sexual abuse of at least one of the couple's five children.

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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

By Louise Erdrich

HarperCollins

361 pages (hc)

$39.50

The author photo on Chippewa writer Louise Erdrich's last two books shows her as haggard, drawn, shadowed. No wonder. In the mid-1990s, she was embroiled in a messy divorce from her longtime collaborator and husband, the writer and academic Michael Dorris, who committed suicide in 1997 after being investigated for the sexual abuse of at least one of the couple's five children.

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Tom Flanagan, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, was presented with the $25,000 Donner Prize for his book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, at an awards ceremony in Toronto.

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Tom Flanagan, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, was presented with the $25,000 Donner Prize for his book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, at an awards ceremony in Toronto.

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Fatal Passage

The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin

By Ken McGoogan

Harper Flamingo Canada

312 pages

$34 (hc)

In Fatal Passage, author Ken McGoogan takes on Canada's image of itself as he seeks to correct historical inaccuracies and expose the attitudes that created them.

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Fatal Passage

The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin

By Ken McGoogan

Harper Flamingo Canada

312 pages

$34 (hc)

In Fatal Passage, author Ken McGoogan takes on Canada's image of itself as he seeks to correct historical inaccuracies and expose the attitudes that created them.

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The Last Amigo

By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore

Macfarlane Walter and Ross

336 pages

$36.99 (hc)

At a time when First Nations are being told that Canadian authorities can provide all the answers related to openness, transparency and accountability in government, a new investigative book detailing how Canadian authorities manage only to apply those principles when it's convenient has been released.

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The Last Amigo

By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore

Macfarlane Walter and Ross

336 pages

$36.99 (hc)

At a time when First Nations are being told that Canadian authorities can provide all the answers related to openness, transparency and accountability in government, a new investigative book detailing how Canadian authorities manage only to apply those principles when it's convenient has been released.

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Bones

Discovering the First Americans

By Elaine Dewar

Random House Canada

628 pages (hc)

$39.95

Maybe there is no consensus on the origins of Native Americans or about the length of time they predate other civilizations in the Americas, but there is evidence. An exciting new book on the topic shows, however, that much of the evidence has been misplaced, misused, ignored or repressed.