A concise history of Canada's first nations

Based on the award-winning Canada's First Nations, this brief but incisive history of Canada's founding nations traces the stories of Aboriginal peoples inCanada from the first peopling of the Americas to the most recent land-claim settlements. INDICE: List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1.: At the Beginning; 2.: First Meetings; 3.: On the Eastern Edge of the Mainland; 4.: Huron, Five Nations, and Europeans; 5.: Some Amerindian-Colonial Wars; 6.: The World Shifts; 7.: Westward and Northward; 8.: Turntable of 1812-14; 9.: The 'Indian Problem': Isolation, Assimilation, and Experimentation; 10.: Towards Confederation for Canada, Towards Wardship for Amerindians; 11.: The First Numbered Treaties, Police, and the Indian Act; 12.: Time of Troubles as the Old Way Fades; 13.: Repression and Resistance; 14.: Tightening the Reins: Resistance Grows and Organizes; 15.: Development Heads North; 16.: Canadian Courts and AboriginalRights; 17.: The Road to Self-Government; 18.: We Are Sorry; Epilogue; Appendix: National Historic Sites of Canada Commemorating Aboriginal History; Glossary; WebSites; Notes; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-543242-8
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 03/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés