Canada's Native people have inhabited this land since the Ice Age and were already accomplished traders, artisans, farmers and marine hunters when Europeans first reached their shores. Contact between Natives and European explorers and settlers initially presented an unprecedented period of growth and opportunity. But the two vastly different cultures soon clashed. Arthur J. Ray charts the history of Canada's Native people from first contact to current land claims. The result is a fascinating chronicle that spans 12,000 years and culminates in the headlines of today.
- ISBN10 0773539700
- ISBN13 9780773539709
- Publish Date 18 August 2011 (first published 4 May 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 May 2021
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint McGill-Queen's University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 452
- Language English