An illustrated history of Canada's Native people : I have lived here since the world began

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780773548008
ISBN: 0773548009
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 432 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Montreal ; McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

General 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, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Land As History Book -- ch. 2 Cultural Mosaic -- ch. 3 Legends of the First Encounters -- ch. 4 Welcoming the Newcomers -- ch. 5 New Friends and Foes -- ch. 6 Trade and War in the Western Interior -- ch. 7 Opportunities in the Fur Trade -- ch. 8 Sea-Otter Bonanza -- ch. 9 Choosing Sides -- ch. 10 Fighting the Loyalists for Land -- ch. 11 Changing Order in the Northwest -- ch. 12 Placed on a Little Spot -- ch. 13 Metis and "Indian" Question -- ch. 14 Treaty Making -- ch. 15 It Is a Strict Law That Bids Us Dance -- ch. 16 From Buffalo Hunting to Farming -- ch. 17 Modern Fur Trade -- ch. 18 Working for the Industrial Fishery -- ch. 19 Getting Organized -- ch. 20 Searching for Settlement -- ch. 21 History Wars -- ch. 22 Forgotten People: The Metis.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.