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I have lived here since the world began : an illustrated history of Canada's native people / Arthur J. Ray.

Title
I have lived here since the world began : an illustrated history of Canada's native people / Arthur J. Ray.
Author
Ray, Arthur J.
Publication
Toronto : Lester Pub., c1996.

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Description
xvii, 400 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
Summary
"Canada's Native people have inhabited this land since the Ice Age and were already accomplished traders, artisans, farmers, and marine hunters when Europeans first reached their shores. Contact between Natives and European explorers and settlers initially presented an unprecedented period of growth and opportunity. But the two vastly different cultures soon clashed. Arthur Ray charts the history of Canada's Native people from first contact to current land claims. The result is a fascinating chronicle that spans 12,000 years and culminates in the headlines of today."--Amazon.com.
Subject
  • Native peoples > Canada > History
  • Autochtones > Canada > Histoire
  • Indigenous peoples > Canada > History > Pictorial works
  • Indigenous peoples > Canada > History
  • Canada > History
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Pictorial works
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • "Key Porter Books."
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references: 369-373.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The land as history book -- The cultural mosaic -- Legends of the first encounters -- Welcoming newcomers -- New friends and foes -- Trade and war in the western interior -- Opportunities in the fur trade -- The sea-otter bonanza -- Choosing sides -- Fighting the loyalists for land -- The changing order in the northwest -- Placed on a little spot -- The Métis and "Indian" question -- Treaty making -- It is a strict law that bids us dance -- From buffalo hunting to farming -- The modern fur trade -- Working for the industrial fishery -- Getting organized -- Searching for settlement.
ISBN
1895555949
OCLC
  • 35932373
  • SCSB-10644725
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library