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Indigenous peoples within Canada : a concise history / Olive Patricia Dickason ; William Newbigging.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780199028481
- ISBN: 0199028486
- Physical Description: xxix, 434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm
- Edition: Fourth edition / Olive Patricia Dickason, William Newbigging.
- 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Indigenous peoples > North America > Canada > History. Native peoples > Canada > History. |
| Topic Heading: | Indigenous. Inuit Canada. Metis Canada. First Nations Canada. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | E 78 C2 D536 2018 (Text) | B001626493 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Chemawawin Public Library at Easterville | E 78 .C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 58500001116441 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Campus | E 78 C2 D536 2019 (Text) | 31512001041968 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Merritt Campus | E78 C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 37100012531732 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| The Pas Campus Library | E 78 .C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 58500001116409 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
| The Pas Campus Library | E 78 .C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 58500001130111 | Stacks | Available | - | |
| Thompson Campus Library | E 78 .C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 58500000800359 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Thompson Campus Library | E 78 .C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 58500001116417 | Stacks | Available | - | |
| UCN/Norway House Public Library | E 78 .C2 D536 2018 (Text) | 58500001116425 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
