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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History.
First Nations.
First Nations -- History
Inuit -- History.
Métis -- History.
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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History.
First Nations.
First Nations -- History
Inuit -- History.
Métis -- History.
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Native peoples : the Canadian experience / edited by C. Roderick Wilson & Christopher Fletcher.
Oxford University Press, c2014.
Call #:
971
.00497
N278
2014
Subjects
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History.
First Nations.
First Nations -- History
Inuit -- History.
Métis -- History.
ISBN:
9780195430134 (pbk)
0195430131 (pbk)
Edition:
4th ed.
Description:
xiii, 536 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
Other authors:
Wilson, C. Roderick.
Fletcher, Christopher M., 1963-
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