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• ISBN: 9780195418194 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 0195418190 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: ix, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Publisher: Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

PART I. INTRODUCTION -- On the study of native peoples / R. Bruce Morrison, C. Roderick Wilson -- First Nations prehistory and Canadian history / C. Roderick Wilson, Carl Urion -- PART II. THE ARCTIC -- The Eskaleuts: a regional overview / Ernest S. Burch Jr., Christopher Fletcher -- Continuity and change in Inuit society / Christopher Fletcher -- The Caribou Inuit / Ernest S. Burch Jr. -- PART III. THE EASTERN SUBARCTIC -- The Northern Algonquians: a regional overview / Jennifer S.H. Brown, C. Roderick Wilson -- Hunting and the quest for power: the James Bay Cree and Whiteman development / Harvey A. Feit -- The Atikamekw: reflections on their changing world / Sylvie Poirier --

PART IV. THE WESTERN SUBARCTIC -- The Northern Athapaskans: a regional overview / C. Roderick Wilson -- The Dene Tha of Chateh: continuities and transformations / Jean-Guy A. Goulet -- The Slavey Indians: the relevance of ethnohistory to development / Michael Asch, Robert Wishart -- The Carrier and the politics of history / Elizabeth Furniss -- PART V. THE EASTERN WOODLANDS -- Farmers and hunters of the Eastern Woodlands: a regional overview / Mary Druke Becker -- Iroquois and Iroquoian in Canada / Mary Druke Becker -- The Mi'kmaq: a maritime woodland group / Virginia P. Miller -- PART VI. THE PLAINS -- Myths and realities: an overview of the plains / C. Roderick Wilson -- The Blackfoot nation / Hugh A. Dempsey -- The Plains Metis / John E. Foster -- 'We must farm to enable us to live': the Plains Cree and and agriculture to 1900 / Sarah Carter --

PART VII. THE PLATEAU -- The plateau: a regional overview / Douglas Hudson, Marianne Ignace -- The Okanagan / Douglas Hudson -- The Secwepemc: traditional resource use and rights to land / Marianne Ignace, Ron Ignace -- PART VIII. THE NORTHWEST COAST -- The northwest coast: a regional overview ; Understanding Tsimshian Potlatch / Margaret Seguin Anderson -- From Kwakiutl to Kwakwaka'wakw / Peter Macnair -- PART IX. CONCLUSION -- Taking stock: legacies and prospects / C. Roderick Wilson, R. Bruce Morrison - App. 1: Treaty No. 8 (complete text) - App. 2: The Treaty No. 8 tax judgement: the facts and some thoughts.

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