A Concise History of Canada's First Nations

by Dickason, Olive Patricia; Newbigging, William

• ISBN13: 9780195432428
• ISBN10: 0195432428
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

A fully updated, streamlined edition of the award-winning Canada's First Nations, this brief but comprehensive history of Canada's founding nations traces the past of more than fifty First Nations. The new second edition documents the history and contributions of Canada's original inhabitantsfrom pre-contact and first encounters with Europeans to present struggles for self-determination, offering the most complete account possible of the individual nations that are now recognized as Canada's founding peoples.

Author Biography

OVIVE PATRICIA DICKASON is professor emeritus, University of Ottawa, and the author of several books and numerous journal articles. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1996 and received the Aboriginal Life Achievement Award from the Canadian Native Arts Foundation in 1997. Throughout her distinguished career as a journalist, university professor, and scholar she has remained proud of her Metis heritage.
WILLIAM NEWBIGGING is associate professor and chair, Department of History, Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and Indigenous Studies at Algoma University. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto and has taught Aboriginal history for nearly 10 years.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 At the Beginning
Chapter 2 First Meetings
Chapter 3 On the Eastern Edge of the Mainland
Chapter 4 Huron, Five Nations, and Europeans
Chapter 5 Some Amerindian-Colonial Wars
Chapter 6 The World Shifts
Chapter 7 Westward and Northward
Chapter 8 Turntable of 1812-14
Chapter 9 The 'Indian Problem': Isolation, Assimilation, and Experimentation
Chapter 10 Towards Confederation for Canada, Towards Wardship for Amerindians
Chapter 11 The First Numbered Treaties, Police, and the Indian Act
Chapter 12 Time of Troubles as the Old Way Fades
Chapter 13 Repression and Resistance
Chapter 14 Tightening the Reins: Resistance Grows and Organizes
Chapter 15 Development Heads North
Chapter 16 Canadian Courts and Aboriginal Rights
Chapter 17 The Road to Self-Government
Chapter 18 We Are Sorry
Epilogue
Appendix: National Historic Sites of Canada Commemorating Aboriginal History
Glossary
WebSites
Notes
Index
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 Aboriginal Rights
17. The Road to Self-Government
18. We Are Sorry
Epilogue
Appendix: National Historic Sites of Canada Commemorating Aboriginal History
Glossary
WebSites
Notes
Index