The First Nations of British Columbia

by Muckle, Robert James

• ISBN13: 9780774806633
• ISBN10: 077480663X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Table of Contents

Maps and Illustrations	vii	(4)
Preface	xi
Part 1: First Nations Defined	2	(10)
What Is a First Nation?	2	(1)
Two Kinds of First Nations People	3	(1)
Population, Reserves, and Settlements	4	(1)
Bands, Ethnic Groups, Tribal Councils, and Other Affiliations	5	(5)
Suggested Reading	10	(2)
Part 2: Archaeology and First Peoples	12	(14)
First Nations and Archaeological Perceptions of the Past	12	(1)
The Nature of Archaeological Research in British Columbia	12	(3)
Early Migrations through British Columbia	15	(2)
Here to Stay	17	(1)
Settling Down	17	(1)
Prominent Sites	18	(4)
Tracing Ancestry	22	(1)
Suggested Reading	22	(4)
Part 3: Ethnology in British Columbia	26	(34)
Anthropology and Oral Tradition	26	(6)
Traditional Culture Areas of British Columbia	32	(2)
Languages	34	(3)
Population	37	(1)
Settlement Patterns	37	(5)
Diet	42	(1)
Technology	43	(3)
Social Organization	46	(2)
Myths, Spirits, and Shamans	48	(1)
Health and Healing	49	(2)
Art	51	(3)
The Potlatch and Other Important Ceremonies	54	(2)
Trade, Slavery, and Warfare	56	(2)
Suggested Reading	58	(2)
Part 4: Culture Change and Modernization	60	(30)
Population Loss	60	(1)
The Impact of the Fur Trade	61	(1)
The Impact of the Gold Rushes	62	(2)
The Impact of Non-Native Settlement	64	(1)
Missionaries and Residential Schools	65	(4)
Government Relations with First Nations	69	(8)
Assertions of Aboriginal Rights	77	(3)
Negotiations in the 1990s	80	(2)
Economic and Cultural Initiatives	82	(1)
Outstanding Issues	83	(4)
Suggested Reading	87	(3)
Appendices	90	(46)
1 The First Nations of British Columbia	90	(27)
2 Major Ethnic Groups	117	(6)
3 Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation, 1763	123	(2)
4 Excerpts from the Laurier Memorial, 1910	125	(3)
5 Excerpts from the Nisga'a Agreement-in-Principle, 1996	128	(6)
6 First Nations Involved in Treaty Negotiations, January 1998	134	(2)
Glossary	136	(5)
Selected Bibliography	141