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Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times
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by Olive Patricia Dickason
Sales Rank: 1128391
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Cover Type: Paperback with 576 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USAEdition: 3rd Edition November 1, 2001
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 019541652X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195416527
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 7 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1.9 pounds
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Canada's First Nations (Oxford) (Paperback)
Oliva Dickason, the Canadian doyenne of academic Amerindian history, delivers an excellent university introduction textbook to the history of the First Nations of North America, concentrating on those of Canada. She deals with four periods: the pre-colonial era, the colonial, the 19th & mid-20th century, and the end of 20th century. Her pre-colonial history is often speculative, since there are no written records, but much can be determined from oral tradition and archeological finds. For instance, the Iroquois confederacy was established shortly before the French landed in the mid-16th century; North America housed a diversity of distinct nations; many Amerindians cultures lived in permanent settlements; west coast nations had developed explicit property rights and had a system of land entitlement. The colonial era was one of co-operation and alliances between the Ameridians and the Europeans settlers and soldiers. The Europeans brought their wars and diseases with them, while the First Nations brought their wars too. The partnership was equal and the First Nations on the winning side benefitted, at least until the 19th century. From the 19th century onwards however, White rule has much to answer for. The diseases of the colonial era were brought inadvertently, but not so the 19th century land grab, or the disastrous assimilation attempts of the 20th century. The end of the 20th century has seen a revival of Amerindian self-government. The First Nations have begun using Western institutions to their advantage. In the 1980's Elijah Harper, then member of Manitoba's provincial parliament, single-handedly, and rather heroically, derailed a Canadian constitutional accord (Lake Meech) which failed to address First Nations concerns. Earlier in the 1970s, the First Nations successfully negotiated with Hydro Quebec and created the precedent that their agreement was needed for development on their lands. Overall, an excellent reference.
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