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In December, 1992, Purich Publishing released its first book, Law, Agriculture, and the Farm Crisis, and since then they have released fourteen titles. Don Purich and Karen Bolstad Bolstad operate the publishing house, with much of the editing and design going to contractors. Before becoming a publisher, Don Purich authored six books of his own, while being head of the Native Law Center at the University of Saskatchewan, so he was familiar with the publishing industry from the writer’s side. When Purich Publishing began, they started with familiar topics, law and Native issues. Since their beginning, they have broadened their focus to other topics, particularly prairie history, while maintaining their primary foci, which are law and First Nations topics. In the last year, they have released five titles, and they hope to expand this number in the coming years. Their forthcoming books include a history of street names in Saskatoon, and a non-fiction book on preserving native heritage.

Published Books

Aboriginal Law: Cases Materials and Commentary by Thomas Isaac, 1999.

Aboriginal Self Government in Canada: Current Issues and Trends (second edition) edited by John Hylton, 1999.

Justice In Aboriginal Communities: Sentencing Alternatives by Ross Gordon Green, 1999.

Aboriginal Law: Cases, Materials, and Commentary (Second Edition) by Thomas Isaac, 1999.

Urban Indian Reserves: Forging New Relationships in Saskatchewan, edited by F. Laurie Barron and Joseph Garcea, 1999.

Education, Student Rights and the Charter by Ailsa M. Watkinson, 1999.

Dynamics of Native Politics: The Alberta Metis Experience by Joe Sawchuk, 1998.

Tom Three Persons: Legend of an Indian Cowboy by Hugh A Dempsey, 1997.

Municipalities and Canadian Law by Felix Hoehn, 1996.

Continuing Poundmaker and Riel’s Quest by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson & Roger Carter, 1994.

The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt & Brian Huber, 1994.

In Palliser’s Triangle: Living in the Grasslands 1850-1930 by Barry Potyondi, 1994.

Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to their Past, Present and Future by Brian Goehring, 1993.

Law Agriculture and the Farm Crisis, edited by Donald Buckingham & Ken Norman, 1992.