A Concise History of Canada's First Nations
2nd Edition
Published on 28. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-19-543242-8 (ISBN)
Description
A Concise History of Canada's First Nations, second edition, is a revised, streamlined edition of the award-winning Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, designed to make First Nations' history more accessible to a broader readership. This edition contains a new final chapter covering Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology to residential school survivors, the Caledonia land dispute in Ontario, and the First Nations Governance Act. In addition to more than 70 maps and illustrations, it includes numerous boxes highlighting specific subjects, review questions, an extensive glossary of important names and terms, and a list of useful websites.
A Concise History of Canada's First Nations, second edition, is a revised, streamlined edition of the award-winning Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, designed to make First Nations' history more accessible to a broader readership. This edition contains a new final chapter covering Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology to residential school survivors, the Caledonia land dispute in Ontario, and the First Nations Governance Act. In addition to more than 70 maps and illustrations, it includes numerous boxes highlighting specific subjects, review questions, an extensive glossary of important names and terms, and a list of useful websites.
A Concise History of Canada's First Nations, second edition, is a revised, streamlined edition of the award-winning Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, designed to make First Nations' history more accessible to a broader readership. This edition contains a new final chapter covering Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology to residential school survivors, the Caledonia land dispute in Ontario, and the First Nations Governance Act. In addition to more than 70 maps and illustrations, it includes numerous boxes highlighting specific subjects, review questions, an extensive glossary of important names and terms, and a list of useful websites.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
21 maps, 55 photos
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
542 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-543242-8 (9780195432428)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Olive Patricia Dickason
A Concise History of Canada's First Nations
Book
01/2006
Oxford University Press, Canada
€29.12
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Persons
William Newbigging is an associate Professor and head of the history department at Algoma University. He has taught Aboriginal history for nearly 10 years. Dr Newbigging also makes a point of regularly attending Aboriginal learning conferences and Native studies workshops in order to learn more about the needs of Aboriginal students. He has recently finished his first book, History of French-Ottawa Alliance, to be published with University of Nebraska Press.
William Newbigging is an associate Professor and head of the history department at Algoma University. He has taught Aboriginal history for nearly 10 years. Dr Newbigging also makes a point of regularly attending Aboriginal learning conferences and Native studies workshops in order to learn more about the needs of Aboriginal students. He has recently finished his first book, History of French-Ottawa Alliance, to be published with University of Nebraska Press.
William Newbigging is an associate Professor and head of the history department at Algoma University. He has taught Aboriginal history for nearly 10 years. Dr Newbigging also makes a point of regularly attending Aboriginal learning conferences and Native studies workshops in order to learn more about the needs of Aboriginal students. He has recently finished his first book, History of French-Ottawa Alliance, to be published with University of Nebraska Press.
Content
LIST OF MAPS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. At the Beginning ; 2. First Meetings ; 3. On the Eastern Edge of the Mainland ; 4. Huron, Five Nations, and Europeans ; 5. Some Amerindian-Colonial Wars ; 6. The World Shifts ; 7. Westward and Northward ; 8. Turntable of 1812-14 ; 9. The 'Indian Problem': Isolation, Assimilation, and Experimentation ; 10. Towards Confederation for Canada, Towards Wardship for Amerindians ; 11. The First Numbered Treaties, Police, and the Indian Act ; 12. Time of Troubles as the Old Way Fades ; 13. Repression and Resistance ; 14. Tightening the Reins: Resistance Grows and Organizes ; 15. Development Heads North ; 16. Canadian Courts and Aboriginal Rights ; 17. The Road to Self-Government ; 18. We Are Sorry ; EPILOGUE ; APPENDIX: NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES OF CANADA COMMEMORATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY ; GLOSSARY ; WEBSITES ; NOTES ; INDEX