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Native peoples : the Canadian experience / edited by C. Roderick Wilson & Christopher Fletcher.

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Oxford University Press, c2014.

971.00497 N278 2014

Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History.

First Nations -- History

Inuit -- History.

Métis -- History.

9780195430134 (pbk)

0195430131 (pbk)

xiii, 536 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction. 1. On the Study of Native Peoples / R. Bruce Morrison, C. Roderick Wilson, and Christopher Fletcher -- 2. From the Beginning: Canadian Peoples Old and New / C. Roderick Wilson and Carl Urion -- Part II: The Arctic. 3. The Eskaleuts: A Regional Overview / Ernest S. Burch Jr and Christopher Fletcher -- 4. Continuity and Change in Inuit Society / Christopher Fletcher -- 5. The Caribou Inuit / Ernest S. Burch Jr -- Part III: The Eastern Subarctic. 6. The Eastern Subarctic: A Regional Overview / Jennifer S.H. Brown and C. Roderick Wilson -- 7. Hunting and the Quest for Power: Relationships between James Bay Crees, the Land, and Development / Harvey A. Feit -- 8. The Atikamekw: Reflections on Their Changing World / Sylvie Poirier -- Part IV: The Western Subarctic. 9. The Western Subarctic: A Regional Overview / C. Roderick Wilson -- 10. The Dene Tha' of Chateh: Continuities and Transformations / Jean-Guy A. Goulet -- 11. The Mackenzie Valley Dene: The Continuing Relevance of Asch's Ethnohistory to Development / Robert Wishart -- 12. Offerings of Stewardship: Celebrating Life and Livelihood of Gwich'in Women in the Northwest Territories / Brenda Parlee, Alestine Andre, and Ingrid Kritsch -- Part V: The Eastern Woodlands. 13. Farmers and Hunters of the Eastern Woodlands: A Regional Overview / Mary Druke Becker and Thomas S. Abler -- 14. Iroquois and Iroquoians in Canada and North America / Thomas S. Abler -- 15. The Mi'kmaq: T'an Mi'kmaqik Telo'ltipni'k Mi'kma'ki – “How the People Lived in Mi'kma'ki” / Roger Lewis and Trudy Sable -- Part VI: The Plains. 16. Myths and Realities: An Overview of the Plains / C. Roderick Wilson -- 17. The Blackfoot Nation / Hugh A. Dempsey and L. James Dempsey -- 18. The Plains Metis / Heather Devine -- 19. "We Must Farm to Enable Us to Live": The Plains Cree and Agriculture to 1900 / Sarah Carter -- Part VII: The Plateau. 20. The Plateau: A Regional Overview / Douglas Hudson and Marianne Ignace -- 21. The Okanagan / Douglas Hudson -- 22. The Secwépemc: Traditional Resource Use and Rights to Land / Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Igance -- Part VIII: The Northwest Coast. 23. The Northwest Coast: A Regional Overview / Margaret Seguin Anderson -- 24. Understanding Tsimshian Potlatch / Margaret Seguin Anderson -- 25. The Coast Salish: Transnational Identities in the Land of the Transformer / Michael Marker -- Part IX: Conclusion. 26. Taking Stock: Legacies and Prospects / C. Roderick Wilson, R. Bruce Morrison, and Christopher Fletcher.

Taking an anthropological approach, this text examines the history and culture of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis societies across Canada. Each chapter focuses on a specific community and a particular theoretical perspective, offering students an insightful treatment of the anthropological study of Native groups. -- Provided by publisher.

Wilson, C. Roderick.

Fletcher, Christopher M., 1963-

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