Canada's first nations : a history of founding peoples from earliest times / Olive Patricia Dickason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickason, Olive Patricia, 1920-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Canada.

Indians of North America--Canada--History.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 560 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This is a comprehensive history of Canada's original inhabitants-- Indians, Inuit, and later, Metis. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines history, anthropology, and archaeology, Dickason tells the story of the more than 50 nations in the territory that is now Canada, beginning with the arrival of people in North America from across the Bering Strait many thousands of years ago.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019541652X :

OCLC:

47063340