Aboriginal History: A Reader

by Burnett, Kristin; Read, Geoff

• ISBN13: 9780195432350
• ISBN10: 0195432355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Aboriginal History: A Reader is a contributed textbook/reader hybrid. The book contains more than 60 articles, images, and primary documents that present key topics in the history of Canada's Aboriginal peoples from a variety of different perspectives. This book examines a broad spectrum of Aboriginal issues in Canada, from the perspectives of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. The readings and new and previously published articles provide information on such topics as spirituality,systems of learning, socialization, perspectives on first contact with European travellers, and issues of self-identity in colonial and post-colonial Canada. The articles throughout this volume provide a fresh perspective on such topics as the Federal Indian Policy, residential schools, religion, culture, labour, economy, and Aboriginal women's rights. This text is unique in that Aboriginal scholars have written most of the new articles. No other text on the market has as many contributions by Aboriginal scholars or as many diverse Aboriginal perspectives. Pedagogical features such as 'Chapter Objectives', 'Questions for Consideration', and 'Further Resources' help contextualize the content and bring Aboriginal experiences to life, helping students gain a new appreciation for the complex nature of Aboriginal history in Canada.

Author Biography

Kristin Burnett is assistant professor in the Department of History at Lakehead University. Geoff Read is assistant professor in the Department of History at Huron University College.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction
Aboriginal History in a Colonial Context	p. xv
World Views
Introduction	p. 1
Indigeneity in Canada: Spirituality, the Sacred, and Survival	p. 2
Indigenous Pedagogy: A Way Out of Dependence Betty Bastien	p. 14
Glossary	p. 24
Questions for Consideration	p. 25
Further Resources	p. 26
Perspectives on Contact
Introduction	p. 27
Imagining a Distant New World	p. 28
Plan of Hochelaga Picturing Contact, Cartier, 1556 Ramusio	p. 40
Jacques Cartier and His First Interview with Indians at Hochelaga, 1850	p. 41
Into the Arctic Archipelago: Edward Parry in Igloolik and the Shaman's Curse	p. 41
Excerpt from an Interview with Rosie Iqallijuq Interview and translation	p. 53
Questions for Consideration	p. 56
Further Resources	p. 57
Population Debates
Introduction	p. 58
Recent Work and Prospects in American Indian Contact Population	p. 59
Natural [Herbal] Medicine	p. 69
Treaties and Tuberculosis: First Nations People in Late-Nineteenth-Century Western Canada, A Political and Economic Transformation	p. 71
Report of Acting Superintendent M.G. Dickieson, July 1879	p. 80
Questions for Consideration	p. 83
Further Resources	p. 83
War, Conflict, and Society
Introduction	p. 85
Slavery, the Fox Wars, and the Limits of Alliance	p. 86
Baptisms, 21 September 1713	p. 95
The Divided Ground: Upper Canada, New York, and the Iroquois Six Nations, 1783-1815	p. 96
Speech by Red Jacket, 21 November 1790	p. 105
Questions for Consideration	p. 107
Further Resources	p. 107
The Fur Trade
Introduction	p. 109
Fur-Trade History as an Aspect of Native History	p. 110
Minutes from the Excise Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, 24 March 1673	p. 119
Women, Kin, and Catholicism: New Perspectives on the Fur Trade	p. 120
Reminiscences of Early Days on Mackinac Island Elizabeth Thrésè Baird	p. 129
Questions for Consideration	p. 130
Further Resources	p. 131
Locating Métis Identity
Introduction	p. 132
'I Shall Settle, Marry, and Trade Here': British Military Personnel and Their Mixed-Blood Descendants	p. 133
Métis Nationalism: Then and Now	p. 141
Only Pemmican Eaters? The International Press and Métis Identity, 1869-85	p. 151
The Insurrection in Manitoba Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1885	p. 163
Questions for Consideration	p. 165
Further Resources	p. 166
Federal Indian Policy
Introduction	p. 168
Dreaming in Liberal White: Canadian Indian Policy, 1913-83	p. 170
Civilizing Influences A proposed pamphlet by Thomas Deasy, Indian Agent, 1920	p. 179
Our Medicines: First Nations' Medical Practices and the Nanaimo Indian Hospital, 1945-75	p. 180
Excerpt from an Interview with Violet Charlie Interview by Laurie Meijer Drees, 14 May 2008	p. 189
Questions for Consideration	p. 193
Further Resources	p. 194
Survivance, Identity, and the Indian Act
Introduction	p. 195
Identity, Non-Status Indians, and Federally Unrecognized Peoples	p. 196
Indian Act, 1876, Sections 3(3)-3(6)	p. 205
Stuck at the Border of the Reserve: Bill C-31 and the Impact on First Nations Women	p. 206
Excerpt from an Interview with Life History Respondent 12 Interview by Jaime Mishibinijima, 28 July 2008	p. 216
Indian Act, 1985, Section 6	p. 217
Questions for Consideration	p. 218
Further Resources	p. 218
Residential Schools
Introduction	p. 220
Always Remembering: Indian Residential Schools in Canada	p. 221
Program of Studies for Indian Schools, 1897	p. 233
Reflections on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement: From Court Cases to Truth and Reconciliation	p. 239
Excerpt from the Indian Residential Schools Setdement Agreement, May 2006	p. 248
Telling Truths and Seeking Reconciliation: Exploring the Challenges	p. 248
Questions for Consideration	p. 250
Further Resources	p. 250
Religion, Culture, and the Peoples of the North
Introduction	p. 252
The Birth of a Catholic Inuit Community: The Transition to Christianity in Pelly Bay, NU, 1935-50	p. 253
Excerpt from Codex Historicus, 25 December 1940	p. 263
Reflecting on the Future: New Technologies, New Frontiers	p. 264
Engaging and Integrating Technologies Naomi Adelson	p. 273
Questions for Consideration	p. 274
Further Resources	p. 274
The Economy and Labour
Introduction	p. 276
Vanishing the Indians: Aboriginal Labourers in Twentieth-Century British Columbia	p. 277
Excerpts from the Diary of Arthur Wellington Clah Introduction	p. 291
Colonialism at Work: Labour Placement Programs for Aboriginal Women in Post-War Canada	p. 293
Indian Girls Achieve Successful Careers-Pave Way for Others Indian News, June 1958	p. 302
Questions for Consideration	p. 304
Further Resources	p. 304
Aboriginal Women
Introduction	p. 306
Categories and Terrains of Exclusion: Constructing the 'Indian Woman' in the Early Settlement Era in Western Canada	p. 307
Letter from Mrs Mary McNaughton Concerning the Chattels of Indian Women Married to White Men and Living on the Reserve, dated 15 December 1879	p. 318
Making History: Elsie Marie Knott, Canada's First Female Indian Act Chief	p. 319
Excerpt from the Indian Act, 1951	p. 327
Questions for Consideration	p. 329
Further Resources	p. 330
Negotiating Health and Weil-Being
Introduction	p. 331
Industrial Fisheries and the Health of Local Communities in the Twentieth-Century Canadian Northwest	p. 332
Letter from Chief Pierre Freezie to S.J. Bailey, 9 October 1950	p. 341
'The Indians Would Be Better Off if They Tended to Their Farms Instead of Dabbling in Fisheries'	p. 342
Maps of the Thunder Bay Mining Region of Lake Superior Geological and National History Survey of Canada	p. 351
Early Pioneer Fur Trading Settlement Canadian Bank of Commerce	p. 352
On the Nipigon River, Whitchers Camp at Hamilton Pool	p. 352
On the Nipigon River, One Hour's Catch at Big Canoe Portage	p. 353
'This is a real Indian canoe in the picture, White water rapids from below', White Charles	p. 353
On the Nipigon River, 'Guzz Brother's Camp at Pizer Portage. Trout bearing camp, July 1884'	p. 354
Questions for Consideration	p. 354
Further Resources	p. 355
Political Activism
Introduction	p. 356
'Nothing Left for Me or Any Other Indian': The Georgian Bay Anishinabek and Interwar Articulations of Aboriginal Rights	p. 357
Letter from Elijah Tabobondung to Jon Daly, Indian Agent, 12 August 1923, Copperhead, Perry Sound, ON	p. 370
Power, Praxis, and the Métis of Kelly Lake, Canada	p. 371
Rare Health Sendees Come to Métis at Kelly Lake	p. 382
Questions for Consideration	p. 384
Further Resources	p. 385
Treaties and Self-Governance
Introduction	p. 386
Ally or Colonizer?: The Federal State, the Cree Nation, and the James Bay Agreement	p. 389
Excerpt from Cree Regional Authority et al. v. Attorney-General of Quebec, 1991	p. 400
Recognition by Assimilation: Mi'kmaq Treaty Rights, Fisheries Privatization, and Community Resistance in Nova Scotia	p. 403
The Guides, 1899	p. 414
The Guides, 2009	p. 415
Questions for Consideration	p. 415
Further Resources	p. 416
Further Resources	p. 418
Glossary	p. 436
Notes	p. 442
Credits	p. 489
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