The First Nations
of British Columbia, Second Edition, is a concise and accessible overview of
First Nations peoples, cultures, and issues in the province. Robert Muckle familiarizes
readers with the history, diversity, and complexity of First Nations to provide a
context for contemporary concerns and initiatives. This fully revised
edition explains the current treaty negotiation process
and provides highlights of agreements between First Nations and
governments. It also details past and present government policies, identifies the
territories of major groups in the province, gives information on populations, reserves,
bands, and language groups, and summarizes archaeological, ethnographic,
historical, legal, and political issues.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [147]-152
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.1004/97
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 0774813490 9780774857208
- LCCN
- E78.B9
- LCCN Item number
- M82 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 154 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00208550 (OCoLC)608162911 (CaOOCEL)408600
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Maps and Illustrations 8
- Preface to the First Edition 12
- Preface to the Second Edition 14
- Part 1: First Nations Defined 16
- What Is a First Nation? 17
- Two Kinds of First Nations People 18
- Population, Reserves, Settlements, and Lands 19
- Bands, Ethnic Groups, Tribal Councils, and Other Affiliations 20
- Suggested Reading 26
- Part 2: Archaeology and First Peoples 28
- First Nations and Archaeological Perceptions of the Past 29
- The Nature of Archaeological Research in British Columbia 30
- Early Migrations through British Columbia 33
- Here to Stay 34
- Settling Down 35
- Prominent Sites 35
- Tracing Ancestry 40
- Suggested Reading 42
- Part 3: Ethnology and Traditional Lifeways 44
- Anthropology and Oral Tradition 45
- Traditional Culture Areas of British Columbia 50
- Languages 53
- Population 55
- Settlement Patterns 55
- Diet 60
- Technology 62
- Social Organization 65
- Myths, Spirits, and Shamans 67
- Health and Healing 70
- Art 71
- The Potlatch and Other Important Ceremonies 73
- Trade, Slavery, and Warfare 74
- Suggested Reading 76
- Part 4: First Nations in Recent and Contemporary Times 78
- Population Loss 79
- The Impact of the Fur Trade 80
- The Impact of the Gold Rushes 82
- The Impact of Non-Native Settlement 83
- Missionaries and Residential Schools 84
- First Nations and Wage Labour 88
- Government Relations with First Nations 89
- Assertions of Aboriginal Rights 99
- Negotiations in the 1990s and Early Twenty-First Century 101
- Economic and Cultural Initiatives 103
- Asserting Identity through Art 104
- Outstanding Issues 105
- Suggested Reading 111
- Appendices 112
- 1 The First Nations of British Columbia 113
- 2 Major Ethnic Groups 139
- 3 Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation, 1763 145
- 4 Excerpts from the Laurier Memorial, 1910 147
- 5 Highlights from the Nisga’a Final Agreement, 2000 150
- 6 First Nations Involved in Treaty Negotiations, 2006 154
- Glossary 157
- A 157
- B 157
- C 158
- D 158
- E 159
- F 159
- H 159
- I 159
- M 159
- N 160
- O 160
- P 160
- R 160
- S 160
- T 160
- U 161
- Selected Bibliography 162
