A Concise History of Canada's First Nations - Couverture souple

Dickason, Olive Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195424158 ISBN 13 : 9780195424157

Editeur : Oxford University Press, Canada, 2006

Synopsis

Presents a concise history of Canada's original inhabitants, Indians, Inuit, and Metis.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Concise History of Canada's First Nations, second edition, is a revised, streamlined edition of the award-winning Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, designed to make First Nations' history more accessible to a broader readership. This edition contains a new final chapter covering Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology to residential school survivors, the Caledonia land dispute in Ontario, and the First Nations Governance Act. In addition to more than 70 maps and illustrations, it includes numerous boxes highlighting specific subjects, review questions, an extensive glossary of important names and terms, and a list of useful websites.

Biographie de l'auteur

Olive Patricia Dickason, is Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, and adjunct Professor of History, University of Ottawa, is the author of several books, including The Myth of the Savage (1984, 1997) and The Law of Nations and the New World, with L.C. Green (1989). Dr Dickason is a Member of the Order of Canada and recipient of the Aboriginal Life Achievement Award, Canadian Native Arts Foundation. Through her distinguished career she has remained proud of her Métis heritage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Canada
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195424158
• ISBN 13: 9780195424157
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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