Inuit -- Canada, Métis, Indigenous peoples -- Canada 

"A collection of writings on issues such as megaprojects in the North, the changing roles of native women, aboriginal rights in Newfoundland, slave-trading, epidemics, and firearms in native history. Includes chapter by Michael Asch entitled "Capital and economic development: a critical appraisal of the recommendations of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission", and "Recent publications in Canadian native studies"--WorldCat.org. 

COVER; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: THE GREAT LAKES --
ST. LAWRENCE REGION; CHAPTER 1 The Iroquois Wars and Native Arms; The Dutch; Iroquois Guns; ""The 400 Guns of the Mohawk""; The Operational Parameters of the Seventeenth Century Musket; Notes; CHAPTER 2 Epidemics: The Forgotten Factor in Seventeenth Century Native Warfare in the St. Lawrence Region; The Epidemics; Post-Epidemic Warfare; Notes; CHAPTER 3 Ktaqamkuk Ilnui Saqimawoutie: Aboriginal Rights and the Myth of the Micmac Mercenaries in Newfoundland; The Micmac Mercenary Myth; The ""Magic Date""; Archaeological Evidence. Other Contributions by Anthropologists Epilogue; Notes; CHAPTER 4 Families of Mixed Descent in the Western Great Lakes Region; Self-Ascription; Ascription by Outsiders; Mating and Marriage Patterns; The Requirements for the Development of an Ethnic Identity; Notes; PART II: THE BOREAL FOREST; CHAPTER 5 The Significance of Hunting Territories Today; Notes; CHAPTER 6 Waswanipi Cree Management of Land and Wildlife: Cree Ethno-Ecology Revisited; Introduction; Some Features of the Waswanipi Ethno-Ecosystem; Waswanipi Hunting Recipes; Waswanipi Resource Management; Conclusions; Afterword, 1973. Postscript, 1986 Notes; CHAPTER 7 The Innu Bands of Labrador; Notes; CHAPTER 8 The Home Guard Cree and the Hudson's Bay Company: The First Hundred Years; Notes; PART III: THE PRAIRIES; CHAPTER 9 The Métis Nation: Buffalo Hunting versus Agriculture in the Red River Settlement, 1810-1870; The Nature of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in the Red River Settlement; The Contributions of the Red River Métis; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER 10 The Métis: Genesis and Rebirth; Acadia and New France; Métis Communities in the Great Lakes Region; ""Natives of Hudson's Bay""; Ethnogenesis in Red River. Red River to the 1870sMétis Renaissance: The 1980s; Notes; CHAPTER 11 Indian Reserves in Western Canada: Indian Homelands or Devices for Assimilation?; Notes; PART IV: THE PACIFIC REGION; CHAPTER 12 Slave Raiding on the North Pacific Coast; Slavery; War; Slave Raids; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER 13 Women Traders in the Maritime Fur Trade; Maritime Fur Trade; Women Traders; Women's Traditional Economic Roles; Property Ownership; Women's Role in Trade; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER 14 Fishing is Women's Business: Changing Economic Roles of carrier Women and Men. The Indigenous Economy and Social Organization Economic Transition and Changing Relationships to the Land; The Rise of a Capitalist Labour Market; The Impact of State Intervention; Fishing and Contemporary Politics; Notes; CHAPTER 15 The Marginalization of the Tsimshian Cultural Ecology: The Seasonal Cycle; The Tsimshian; Seasonal Cycles; Effects of the New Political Economy; Hunting; Fishing; Gathering; Tsimshian Patterns; Conclusions; Notes; PART V: THE YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; CHAPTER 16 Changing Perceptions of Industrial Development in the North; The Setting.