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245 00 $aAboriginal peoples of Canada :$ba short introduction /$cedited by Paul Robert Magocsi.
246 3 $aEncyclopedia of Canada's peoples
260 $aToronto :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $a308 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aEssays which originally appeared in Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. 305.
505 00 $tIntroduction /$rJ. R. Miller -- $g1.$tAlgonquians / Eastern Woodlands /$rJanet E. Chute -- $g2.$tAlgonquians / Plains /$rEldon Yellowhorn -- $g3.$tAlgonquians / Subarctic /$rJoan A. Lovisek -- $g4.$tInuit /$rLouis-Jacques Dorais -- $g5.$tIroquoians /$rAlexander von Gernet -- $g6.$tKtunaxa /$rIn Collaboration -- $g7.$tMetis /$rOlive P. Dickason -- $g8.$tNa-Dene /$rPatrick Moore -- $g9.$tSalish /$rBruce Granville Miller -- $g10.$tSiouans /$rMary C. Marino -- $g11.$tTsimshian /$rSusan Marsden, Margaret Seguin Anderson and Deanna Nyce -- $g12.$tWakashans /$rAlan McMillan.
520 1 $a"Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: A Short Introduction provides the first comprehensive overview of Canada's First Nations peoples. Drawn from the highly successful Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, it offers extensive coverage of the Algonquians / Eastern Woodlands, Algonquians / Plains, Algonquians / Subarctic, Inuit, Iroquoians, Ktunaxa, Metis, Na-Dene, Salish, Siouans, Tsimshian, and Wakashans, as well as the many nations within these larger groupings.".
520 8 $a"With a new preface by Paul Robert Magocsi and an introduction by well-known historian J. R. Miller, the collection has chapters on each main group written by scholars such as Janet Chute, Olive Dickason, Louis-Jacques Dorais, and Eldon Yellowhorn. Each chapter covers the economics, culture, language, education, politics, kinship, religion, social organization, identification, and history of each nation, among other topics, and ends with suggestions for further readings.
520 8 $aReadable, and suitable for the student, casual reader, or expert, the book is an excellent introduction to Canada's aboriginal peoples."--BOOK JACKET.
650 5 $aNative peoples$zCanada.
650 6 $aAutochtones$zCanada.
700 1 $aMagocsi, Paul R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79064547
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