Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary Publisher, pagination, and printing dates may vary Canadiana Indigenous voices Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Indigenous health, environment, and disease before Europeans The early fur trade: territorial dislocation and disease Early competition and the extension of trade and disease, 1740-82 Despair and death during the Fur Trade Wars, 1783-1821 Expansion of settlement and erosion of health during the HBC monopoly, 1821-69 Canada, the Northwest, and the treaty period, 1869-76 Treaties, famine, and epidemic transition on the Plains, 1877-82 Dominion administration of relief, 1883-85 The Nadir of Indigenous health, 1886-91 Conclusion