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An illustrated history of Canada's Native people : I have lived here since the world began / Arthur J. Ray.

by Ray, Arthur J.

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McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.

971.00497 R263i 2011

Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History.

Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History

Rev. and expanded ed.

xix, 432 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

First published (1996) as: I have lived here since the world began.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index.

The land as history book -- The cultural mosaic -- Legends of the first encounters -- Welcoming the newcomers -- New friends and foes -- Trade and war in the western interior -- Opportunities in the fur trade -- The sea-otter bonanza -- Choosing sides -- Fighting the loyalists for land -- The changing order in the northwest -- Placed on a Little Spot -- The Métis and 'Indian' question -- Treaty making -- It is a strict law that bids us dance -- From buffalo hunting to farming -- The modern fur trade -- Working for the industrial fishery -- Getting organized -- Searching for settlement -- History wars -- The forgotten people: The Métis.

Ray, Arthur J.- I have lived here since the world began.

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