Indigenous peoples within Canada : a concise history

Dickason, Olive Patricia 1920-2011 (author.). Newbigging, William, 1963- (author.).

Summary: "Carefully and conscientiously updated, this new fourth edition is a brief but comprehensive overview of the long and vibrant history of Indigenous Peoples within what is now Canada. This engaging text offers a multifaceted account from time immemorial to present movements towards self-determination."--

Record details

ISBN: 0199028486
ISBN: 9780199028481
Physical Description: xxix, 434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm
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Edition: Fourth edition /
Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Earlier editions published under the title: A concise history of Canada's First Nations. Second and third editions published under title: A concise history of Canada's First Nations.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Origin stories -- At the beginning -- First meetings -- On the eastern edge of the mainland -- The Wendat Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the European colonizers -- Some Indigenous-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 Indigenous Peoples -- The first numbered treaties, police, and the Indian Act -- Time of troubles -- 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.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.