Best left as Indians : native-white relations in the Yukon Territories, 1840-1973 / Ken S. Coates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coates, Kenneth, 1956-

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; 11.

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history, 0846-8869 ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Yukon--History.

Indians of North America.

Yukon Territory--Race relations.

Yukon Territory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 356 pages)

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The indigenous population, Coates stresses, has not been passive in the face of expansion by whites. He argues that Native people have played a major role in shaping the history of the region and determining the relationship with the immigrant population. They recognized the conflict between the material and technological advantages of an imposed economic order and the desire to maintain a harvesting existence. While they readily accepted technological innovations, they resisted the imposition of an industrial, urban environment. Contemporary land claims show their long-standing attachment to the land and demonstrate a continued, assertive response to non-Native intervention.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: The Background

Economic Telations

Economic Relations in the Fur-trade Era

Indians and the Mining Frontier

Yukon Indians in the Post-1900 Economy

The Nature of Social Contact

Native-White Social Relations: From the Fur Trade to the Gold Rush

Native-White Social Relations: After the Gold Rush

Church, State, and the Native People in the Yukon Territory

Religion and the Yukon Indians

Through the Children: Education and Yukon Natives

The Federal Government and Yukon Natives

Yukon Indians and the Changing North, 1950-1990

The Modern Economy

Religion and Education

Government and Indians in the Modern North

Indians and Non-Native Society

Fighting for Their Place: The Emergence of Native Land Claims

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (P. [319]-347) and index.

ISBN:

9786612851766

9781282851764

1282851764

9780773562615

0773562613

OCLC:

923230982

Publisher Number:

2027/heb03719 hdl