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"Designed for use in college-level Native Studies programs, this new Canadian text is an engaging and lively discussion of the diverse languages, cultures, social issues, and politics of First Nations peoples.

The authors use biographical materials and illustrative examples from oral traditions to offer a wonderfully complex picture of Canada's First Nations, past and present. The result is an excellent resource that both instructors and students will enjoy reading."--Amazon. 

xii, 274 pages. 

Contents:
Part One Origins and Oral Traditions --
Oral Traditions --
The Peopling of the Americas --
Connections to the Land --
Native Languages --
Part Two: Culture Areas --
The Arctic --
: The Eastern Woodlands --
The Eastern Subarctic --
The Western Subarctic --
The Plains --
The Plateau --
The Northwest Coast --
Part Three: Legal Definitions --
The Royal Proclamation and the Indian Act --
The Treaties --
The Golden Lake Algonquin and Algonquin Park: Missed by Treaty --
Fighting for Recognition: The Sheshatshit Innu and the Megaprojects --
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement --
Part Four: Effects of Colonialism --
Religious Colonialism --
Native Health Issues --
Colonialism, Native Education, and "Child Welfare" --
Part Five: Contemporary Debates and Social Action --
Social Issues: The Dudley George Story --
Fighting for the Sacred Waters: The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam --
Native Policing --
The Justice System and Natives --
Native Governance --
Undoing the Past.

Includes index.