Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History 

 

"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. 

xxix, 434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm. 

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.