Indigenous peoples within Canada : a concise history
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0199028486
ISBN 13
9780199028481
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
2019
Publisher
Pages
434
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History
Abstract
"Carefully and conscientiously updated, this new fourth edition is a brief but comprehensive overview of the long and vibrant history of Indigenous Peoples within what is now Canada. This engaging text offers a multifaceted account from time immemorial to present movements towards self-determination."--Provided by publisher.
Description
xxix, 434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Origin stories
At the beginning
First meetings
On the eastern edge of the mainland
The Wendat Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the European colonizers
Some Indigenous-colonial wars
The struggle against British colonialism
Westward and northward
The British alliance of 1812-14
The "Indian problem": isolation, assimilation, and experimentation
Towards confederation for Canada, towards wardship for Indigenous peoples
The first numbered treaties, and the Indian Act
Time of troubles
Repression and resistance
Tightening the reins: resistance grows and organizes
Development heads north
Canadian courts and Aboriginal rights
The road to self-government
Reconciliation and revitalization.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Earlier editions published under the title: A concise history of Canada's First Nations.
Origin stories
At the beginning
First meetings
On the eastern edge of the mainland
The Wendat Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the European colonizers
Some Indigenous-colonial wars
The struggle against British colonialism
Westward and northward
The British alliance of 1812-14
The "Indian problem": isolation, assimilation, and experimentation
Towards confederation for Canada, towards wardship for Indigenous peoples
The first numbered treaties, and the Indian Act
Time of troubles
Repression and resistance
Tightening the reins: resistance grows and organizes
Development heads north
Canadian courts and Aboriginal rights
The road to self-government
Reconciliation and revitalization.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Earlier editions published under the title: A concise history of Canada's First Nations.
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