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Informationen zum Autor Olive Patricia Dickason is Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta. She is the author of several books, including The Myth of the Savage (1984, 1997) and, with L.C. Green, The Laws of Nations and the New World (1989). Dr Dickason was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1996 and received the Aboriginal Life Achievement Award, Canadian Native Arts Foundation, in 1997. Throughout her distinguished career she has remained proud of her Métis heritage. David T. McNab is an Associate Professor of Native Studies at York University. He has written widely on the topics of Aboriginal history and literature, Aboriginal land and treaty rights, British imperial history, Canadian history, and Ontario history. Professor McNab also serves as an advisor on land and treaty rights and governance issues for a number of First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations in Ontario and Newfoundland. Klappentext A comprehensive history of Canada's First Nations drawing from research in history, anthropology, and archaeology. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive history of Canada's First Nations drawing from research in history, anthropology, and archaeology; this text can be used in introductory courses where instructors are looking for a more rigorous text, or in upper years where a higher level text is required. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: At the Beginning 1: And the People Came 2: Settling In 3: Metropolises and Intercultural Contacts 4: Canada When Europeans Arrived Part II: The Outside World Intrudes 5: Inuit and Beothuk 6: On the Eatern Edge of the Mainland 7: People of the Sunrise 8: Hurons, Five Nations, and Europeans 9: Huronia's Loss is the Bay's Gain 10: Some Amerindian-Colonial Wars 11: Amerindians in the French New World Part III: Spread Across the Continent 12: Amerindians in a Shifting World 13: On the Great Plains 14: Westward and Northward Part IV: Spread Across the Continent 15: Turntable of 1812-1814 16: Canadian Aboriginal World in the Early Nineteeth Century 17: Pre-Confederation Administration in the Canadas 18: The many Fronts within Confederation 19: First Numbered Treaties, Police and the Indian Act Part V: Spread Across the Continent 20: As the Old Way Fades, the New Looks Bleak 21: Time of Troubles, Time of Repression 22: Leading to an Administrative Shift 23: Canadian Courts and Aboriginal Rights 24: First Nations at Home and Abroad 25: Development Heads North 26: Social Fact and Development Theory 27: Rocky Road to Self-Government 28: Coercion, Standoffs, an Agreement, and the Royal Commission 29: A Fair Shake Epilogue Appendix: National Historic Sites of Canada Commemorating Aboriginal History Notes Bibliography Index ...
