Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Ray, Arthur J.

Publication

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]

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Details

Description

xxvii, 432 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates; 24 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 J. 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."--

Uniform Title

I have lived here since the world began

Alternative Title

I have lived here since the world began

Subject

• Indians of North America > Canada > History
• Indigenous peoples > Canada > History
• Native peoples > Canada > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "First published as I have lived here since the world began by Lester Publishing and Key Porter Books in 1996" -- Title page verso.
• Revision of: Ray, Arthur J., 1941-. I have lived here since the world began.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The land as history book -- The cultural mosaic -- Legends of the first encounters -- Welcoming the 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 -- History wars -- The forgotten people : the Métis.

ISBN

• 9780773548008
• 0773548009

OCLC

• 944380094
• SCSB-11315751

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library