xii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes:
Nonfiction Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-367) and index
Contents:
Introduction: Canada's First Nations / Culture Areas / Aboriginal Languages / Anthropologists and Canadian Natives The Earliest Arrivals / Beringia and the Geological Evidence / Archaeological Evidence for Early Arrival /The Paleo-Indians in Canada The Atlantic Provinces / The Maritime Archaic / The Later Precontact period / The Beothuk / Mi'kmaq and Maliseet / Historic Changes / The Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Today The Iroquoians of the Eastern Woodlands / Before Written Records / The St. Lawrence Iroquoians / The Huron and Petun / The Neutral / The League of the Iroquois and their Arrival in Canada / Canadian Iroquois in the Twentieth Century / Tension and Violence in Mohawk Country: The Events at Akwesasne and Oka The Algonkians of the Eastern Woodlands and Subarctic / The Time Before Europeans / The Ojibwa-Ottawa-Algonkin / The Cree / The Innu (Montagnais and Naskapi) / Impact of the Fur Trade / The Central Algonkians in the Modern Era? The Plains / Plains Cultures prior to the White Man / Archaeological sites on the Plains / The Protohistoric Early Historic Period / The Ethnographic Cultures / The Blackfoot and their Allies / The Plains Cree and Plains Ojibwa / The Assiniboine and Dakota / The Late Historic and Contemporary Cultures The Plateau / The Period Before Contact the Interior Salish / The Kutenai / The Plateau Athapaskans / Historic Impact and Contemporary cultures The Northwest Coast / The Time Before Europeans / The Ethnographic Period / The Northern Groups / The Wakashans / The Coast Salish / Historic Impact / First Nations of the Northwest Coast Today The Western Subarctic / Before Written Records / The Athapaskans (Dene) / Athapaskans of the Shield and Mackenzie Lowlands / The Cordilleran Athapaskans / Historic Changes / The Modern Dene The Arctic / Arctic Cultures Prior to European Arrival / Traditional Inuit Culture / The Mackenzie Delta Inuit / The Central Inuit (Copper, Netsilik, Iglulik, Baffinland) / The Caribou Inuit / The Inuit of Northern Quebec and Labrador / Inuit and Outsiders / The Modern Inuit The Metis / The Red River Metis / The North-West Rebellion of 1885 / The Last Century Native Canadians: Major Contemporary Issues / Indians: The Status Issue / Metis / Inuit / The Indian Act / Indian Reserves / Treaties and Treaty Grievances / Land Claims / Economic Conditions / Urbanization / Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice System / Education / Aboriginal Self-Government and the Constitution / Native Canadians Face the Twenty-First Century Sources? Index
