Prairie
History
Prairie History covers the histories of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, as well as the US borderlands. Our goal is to publish the latest and best original work of young and experienced scholars, professionals and amateurs, as well as heritage news and commentaries related to archival and museum collections across the West.
Prairie History is illustrated and published in full colour, in print and digital formats.
CURRENT ISSUE
Prairie History # 14
Summer 2024
A 1951 Studebaker, also known as the “bullet nose” or “airplane Studey” outside Douglas, Manitoba photographed by Steve Van Vlaenderen, surrounded by yellow-flowered leafy spurge, an invasive species.
IN THIS ISSUE
Feature Articles
Prairie Pageant
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William James Huston: Renaissance Policeman of the West
BY John Burchill | Winnipeg, Manitoba
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How Were the Roads?
BY Thomas Hatton “Hat” Metcalfe (1907–1991) | Headingley, Manitoba
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Photographing the Forgotten: Vanishing Wheels
BY Steve Van Vlaenderen | Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Govan, Saskatchewan: Portrait of a Prairie Town (Part 3)
BY Keith Foster | Regina, Saskatchewan
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The Market for Riel-Related Documents and Photographs, 1957–2017
BY Brian Hubner | University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Winnipeg
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Medicine Rocks on the Great Plains: Ancient and New Art at Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi UNESCO World Heritage Site
BY Todd Kristensen | Archaeological Survey of Alberta & Terra Lekach | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Book Reviews
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Bill Waiser and Jennie Hansen, Cheated: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land
BY James Daschuk, University of Regina & Scott MacNeil, Historical Researcher, Winnipeg
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Gerald Friesen, The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman
BY Allen Mills | University of Winnipeg
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Aaron Hughes, 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada
BY Jim Mochoruk | University of North Dakota
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Doris Jeanne MacKinnon, The Premier and His Grandmother: Peter Lougheed, Lady Belle, and the Legacy of Métis Identity
BY Kelly Saunders | Brandon University
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Kristin Burnett and Travis Hay, Plundering the North: A History of Settler Colonialism, Corporate Welfare, and Food Security
BY Lianne C. Leddy | Wilfred Laurier University
Artifactual
Prairie Gazette
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Prairie Historic Gardens in Transition
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Nanton, Alberta Grain Elevators Are Rejuvenated
BY
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National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Moves Toward a Modern Facility
BY
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‘The Empress’ 2816 Steam Engine Rides the Rails Again
BY
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Film from 1940 on Banff-Jasper Highway
BY
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Medicine Wheels on the Plains
BY
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Gleaned From the Sky: ‘The Badlands Guardian’
BY
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Former Royal Alberta Museum to be Demolished
BY Tim O’Grady
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National Queer and Trans+ Community History Conference
BY Tim O’Grady
CURRENT ISSUE
Prairie History # 14
Summer 2024
A 1951 Studebaker, also known as the “bullet nose” or “airplane Studey” outside Douglas, Manitoba photographed by Steve Van Vlaenderen, surrounded by yellow-flowered leafy spurge, an invasive species.
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The journal Prairie History (ISSN 2562-8976 print | 2562-8984 online), published by the Manitoba Historical Society, combines scholarly articles with popular history as well as book reviews and other specialty pieces. The Prairie Gazette heritage newsletter is also part of each issue. It is the only journal in Canada to combine these diverse approaches in one place.
In 2020, Prairie History replaced Manitoba History.
Contributor guidelines, including formatting conventions for manuscripts, are available here.
Submissions to Prairie History are welcome and should be directed as follows:
Feature articles | Prairie Pageant articles | Prairie Gazette articles | Reviews
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Manitoba History (1980 to 2019) published peer-reviewed scholarly, articles, documentary selections, essays, pictorial essays, and reviews relating to the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Manitoba and the Canadian West.