The early Northwest

Marchildon, Gregory P., 1956- (Added Author). University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780889772076 :
Physical Description: print
p. ; cm.
Publisher: Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. A historical reconstruction for the Northwestern Plains / Olive Patricia Dickason -- 2. An examination of Common and contested ground : a human and environmental history of the Northwestern Plains / James Daschuk -- 3. The quest for Pasquatinow : an aboriginal gathering centre in the Saskatchewan River Valley / David Meyer, Terry Gibson and Dale Russell -- 4. The Western James Bay Cree : aboriginal and early historic adaptations / Charles A. Bishop -- 5. The Northern Great Plains : pantry of the Northwestern fur trade, 1774-1885 / Arthur J. Ray -- 6. Some logistics of Portage La Loche (Methy) / C. S. Mackinnon -- 7. "Victuals to put into our mouths" : environmental perspectives on fur trade provisioning activities at Cumberland House, 1775-1782 / George Colpitts -- 8. Home away from home : Old Swan, James Bird and the Edmonton District, 1795-1815 / Tolly Bradford -- 9. The 1857 parliamentary inquiry, the Hudson's Bay Company, and Rupert's Land's aboriginal people / A. A. den Otter -- 10. The Red River settlement : Lord Selkirk's isolated colony in the wilderness / Barry Kaye -- 11. The historiography of the Red River settlement, 1830-1868 / Frits Pannekock -- 12. Forming civilization at Red River : 19th-century missionary education of Metis and First Nations children / Jonathan Anuik -- 13. Aboriginal rights versus the deed of surrender : the legal rights of Native peoples and Canada's acquisition of the Hudson's Bay Company territory / Frank J. Tough -- 14. "Conspiracy and treason" : the Red River resistance from an expansionist perspective / Doug Owram -- 15. Thomas Scott and the daughter of time / J. M. Bumsted -- 16. The battle of Batoche / Walter Hildebrandt -- 17. Parks Canada and the 1885 rebellion/uprising/resistance / Alan McCullough.