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A concise history of Canada's First Nations / Olive Patricia Dickason & William Newbigging.
This fully updated edition is a brief but comprehensive overview of the long and vibrant history of Canada's First Nations.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780199008537 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xii, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [352]-409) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- At the beginning -- First meetings -- On the Eastern Edge of the Mainland -- Huron, Five Nations, and Europeans -- Some Aboriginal-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 First Peoples -- The first numbered treaties, police, and the Indian Act -- Time of troubles of the old way fades -- 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 -- Epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Indians of North America > Canada > History. Native peoples > Canada > History. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Selkirk College.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | E 78 C2 D536 2015 (Text)
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| Castlegar Campus Library | E 78 C2 D536 2015 (Text)
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| Castlegar Campus Library | E 78 C2 D536 2015 (Text)
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