Taking an anthropological approach, this text examines the history and culture of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis societies across Canada. Each chapter focuses on a specific community and a particular theoretical perspective, offering students an insightful treatment of the anthropological study of Native groups.

Acknowledgements Contributors Part One: Introduction 1. R. Bruce Morrison, C. Roderick Wilson, and Christopher Fletcher: On the Study of Native Peoples 2. C. Roderick Wilson and Carl Urion: From the Beginning: Canadian Peoples Old and New Part Two: The Arctic 3. Ernest S. Burch Jr and Christopher Fletcher: The Eskaleuts: A Regional Overview 4. Christopher Fletcher: Continuity and Change in Inuit Society 5. Ernest S. Burch Jr: The Caribou Inuit Part Three: The Eastern Subarctic 6. Jennifer S.H. Brown and C. Roderick Wilson: The Eastern Subarctic: A Regional Overview 7. Harvey A. Feit: Hunting and the Quest for Power: Relationships between James Bay Crees, the Land, and Development 8. Sylvie Poirier: The Atikamekw: Reflections on Their Changing World Part Four: The Western Subarctic 9. C. Roderick Wilson: The Western Subarctic: A Regional Overview 10. Jean-Guy A. Goulet: The Dene Tha' of Chateh: Continuities and Transformations 11. Robert Wishart: The Mackenzie Valley Dene: The Continuing Relevance of Asch's Ethnohistory to Development NEW 12. Brenda Parlee, Alestine Andre, and Ingrid Kritsch: Offerings of Stewardship: Celebrating Life and Livelihood of Gwich'in Women in the Northwest Territories NEW Part Five: The Eastern Woodlands 13. Mary Druke Becker and Thomas S. Abler: Farmers and Hunters of the Eastern Woodlands: A Regional Overview 14. Thomas S. Abler: Iroquois and Iroquoians in Canada and North America NEW 15. Roger Lewis and Trudy Sable: The Mi'kmaq: T'an Mi'kmaqik telo'ltipni'k Mi'kma'kik - How the People Lived in Mi'kma'kik' NEW Part Six: The Plains 16. C. Roderick Wilson: Myths and Realities: An Overview of the Plains 17. Hugh A. Dempsey, L. James Dempsey: The Blackfoot Nation 18. Heather Devine: The Plains Metis NEW 19. Sarah Carter: "We Must Farm to Enable Us to Live": The Plains Cree and Agriculture to 1900 Part Seven: The Plateau 20. Douglas Hudson and Marianne Ignace: The Plateau: A Regional Overview 21. Douglas Hudson: The Okanagan 22. Marianne Ignace and Ron Igance: The Secwepemc: Traditional Resource Use and Rights to Land Part Eight: The Northwest Coast 23. Margaret Seguin Anderson: The Northwest Coast: A Regional Overview 24. Margaret Seguin Anderson: Understanding Tsimshian Potlatch 25. Michael Marker: The Coast Salish: Transnational Identities in the Land of the Transformer (NEW) Part Nine: Conclusion 26. C. Roderick Wilson, R. Bruce Morrison, and Christopher Fletcher: Taking Stock: Legacies and Prospects Glossary Index