Native peoples : the Canadian experience

Summary: Extensively revised to reflect changing social and political circumstances, Native Peoples provides a current and comprehensive overview of the history, experiences, and other First Nations, Inuit, and Metis societies across Canada. Covering seven distinct culture areas - the Arctic, the Eastern Subarctic, the Western Subarctic, the Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, the Plateau, and the Northwest Coast - this contributed volume highlights compelling case studies from within each to reveal to students anthropology's role in achieving a deeper understanding of the richness and complexity of Native life.

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ISBN: 9780195430134 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0195430131 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiii, 536 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Don Mills, ON. : Oxford University Press, ©2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: On the study of Native peoples -- From the beginning: Canadian peoples old and new -- The Arctic: The Eskaleuts: A regional overview -- Continuity and change in Inuit society -- The Caribou Inuit -- The eastern subarctic: A regional overview -- Hunting and the quest for power: Relationships between James Bay Crees, the land, and development -- The Atikamekw: Reflections on their changing world -- The western subarctic: A regional overview -- The Dene Tha' of Chateh: Continuities and transformations -- The Mackenzie Valley Dene: The continuing relevance of Asch's ethnohistory to development -- Offerings of stewardship: Celebrating life and livelihood of Gwich'in women in the Northwest Territories -- The eastern woodlands: Farmers and hunters of the eastern woodlands: A regional overview -- Iroquois and Iroquoians in Canada and North America -- The Mi'kmaq: Ta'n Mi'kmaqik Telo'ltipni'k Mi'kma'ki - "How the people lived in Mi'kma'ki" -- The plains: Myths and realities: An overview of the plains -- The Blackfoot nation -- The plains Metis -- "We must farm to enable us to live": The plains Cree and agriculture to 1900 -- The plateau: A regional overview -- The Okanagan -- The Secwépemc: Traditional resource use and rights to land -- The northwest coast: A regional overview -- Understanding Tsimshian potlatch -- The coast Salish: Transnational identities in the land of the transformer -- Conclusion: Taking stock: Legacies and prospects -- Glossary -- Index.