Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times
- ISBN-10
- 0806124393
- ISBN-13
- 9780806124391
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 590
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Editorial Galaxia
- Author
- Olive Patricia Dickason
Description
This history of Amerindian and Inuit experience from first arrival from Asia to the present day, uses and interdisciplinary approach to describe the various societies and cultures, their response to colonial pressure, and current attempts of preserve territories and traditional values.
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- 2009
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- 2002
- 560 pages
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- 1992
- 590 pages
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