Publisher:Toronto, Ont. : McClelland and Stewart, c1986.
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Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1, On the study of native peoples -- Part I. 2. A linguistic classifications of Canadian native peoples: issues, problems, and theoretical implications - 3. The prehistory of Canadian Indians - 4. The archaeology of Arctic Canada -- Part II. 5. The Eskaleuts-a regional overview - 6. The Caribou Inuit -- Part III. 7. The Eastern Subarctic-a regional overview - 8. The Montagnais-Naskapi of the Labrador Peninsula - 9. Hunting and the quest for power: The James Bay Cree and whitement on the twentieth century - 10. Northern Algonquians from Lake Superior and Hudson Bay to Manitoba in the historical period -- Part IV. 11. The Western Subarctic-a regional overview - 12. The Bear Lake Indians - 13. The Slavey Indians: the relevance of ethnohistory to development -- Part V. 14. The Eastern Woodlands-a regional overview - 15. Iroquois and Iroquoian in Canada - 16. The Micmac: a maritime woodland group -- Part VI. 17. The Plains-a regional overview - 18. Great Plains Ethnology - 19. The Plains Metis - 20. The Blackfoot Indians -- Part VII. 21. The Plateau-a regional overview - 22. The Okanagan Indians -- Part VIII. 23. The Northwest Coast-a regional overview - 24. Understanding Tsimshian potlatch - 25. From Kwakiutl to Kwakwa ka'wakw - 26. Conclusion: legacies and prospects -- Glossary.