Author: James WherryPublisher: Halifax, N.S. : Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary's University
ISBN:
Category : Algonquian Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Eastern Algonquian Relationships to "proto-Algonquian" Social Organizations
Author: James WherryPublisher: Halifax, N.S. : Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary's University
ISBN:
Category : Algonquian Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
We Were Not The Savages, First Nations History, 4th ed.
Author: Daniel N. PaulPublisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773635840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi’kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to the European invasion the Mi’kmaq lived healthy lives and for thousands of years had lived in harmony with nature in the land they called Mi’kma’ki. This book sets the record straight. When the Europeans arrived they were welcomed and sustained by the Mi’kmaq. Over the next three centuries their language, their culture, their way of life were systematically ravaged by the newcomers to whom they had extended human kindness. The murderous savagery of British scalp proclamations, starvation, malnutrition and Canada’s Indian residential and day schools all but wiped out the Mi’kmaq. Yet the Mi’kmaq survived and today stand defending the land, the water and nature’s bounty from the European way of life, which threatens the natural world we live in and need to survive. Since the first edition was published in 1993, Daniel Paul’s ongoing research confronts the mainstream record of Canadian settler colonialism and reveals that the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples is not confined to the past. In this 4th edition the author shares his research, which catalogues not only the historical tragedy but the ongoing attempts to silence the Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous Peoples. Paul’s work continues to give the Mi’kmaq a voice that must be heard.
We Were Not the Savages (3rd Edition) First Nations History
Author: Daniel N. PaulPublisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773635115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
“We Were Not the Savages … is unique, in chronological scope and in the story it tells, covering the last three centuries of Mi’kmaq history in detail. Prior to the appearance of this book it was common for historians to downplay or even deny the violence inflicted on the Mi’kmaq people by European and Euro-American colonizers. This work, more than any other piece of scholarly production, has headed off that consensus at a pass. Scalp-bounty policies are now recognized as a historical problem worthy of investigation. The book will also be of particular interest to readers in the United States for a variety of reasons. First, the early history of colonization in the Maritimes is closely tied to the history of the colonies that became the United States, and as late as the 1750s New England’s political leaders played a prominent role in directing the course of colonial affairs on Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia. ... Second, the chapters on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries provide a detailed and much needed basis of comparison for anyone seeking to understand the similarities and contrasts between the U.S. and Canada on questions of “Indian Affairs.” And finally, it is important to recognize that we have far too few histories written by Native American authors—very few indeed that cover as extensive a time span as this book does.” — Geoffrey Plank, Associate Professor of History, University of Cincinnati “Having, over the years ... read most of the sources you cite in your book, I had long ago arrived at the same conclusion you have. Certainly, white intrusions everywhere in the world have been disastrous for indigenous peoples.” — Allison Mitcham, Professor Emeritus, University of Moncton “Count me in too, among your book’s advocates... [it] knocks the smile off Englishmen who claim their colonial presence among Indians was ‘better’ than that of the Spanish.” — C. Blue Clark, Interim Director, Native American Legal Center, Oklahoma City “We Were Not the Savages is a provocative and excellent book.... It is brave, insightful, unflinching and above all honest. And, most important, it greatly enhances our positive images of Amerindians.” — Barry Jean Ancelet, University of Louisiana “Reading the pages of this book, continually affirms for me, how good it is to be a Mi’kmaq. I so wish that my father was still living. Wouldn’t he be so proud that such a book was available. I also wish that this history book was in existence years ago, a book that now empowers me and fills me with great pride to be a Mi’kmaq.” — Sister Dorothy Moore, Prominent Mi’kmaq Educator This updated edition incorporates Daniel Paul’s ongoing research. It clearly and profoundly shows that the horrors of history still rain upon the First Nations people of the present. DANIEL PAUL is an ardent spokesperson and activist for human rights. He holds, among many awards, an honorary degree in Letters, Université Sainte-Anne, Church Point, Nova Scotia. He is a member of the Order of Canada and a member of the Order of Nova Scotia.
Thesis and dissertation titles and abstracts on the anthropology of Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis from Canadian universities
Author: René R. GadaczPublisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 1772822582
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Abstracts of Master’s and Doctoral thesis completed at Canadian universities between 1970-1982 dealing with ethnographic, archaeological, linguistic, and physical anthropological topics relevant to Canada’s Native peoples.
Native Peoples of Atlantic Canada
Author: H.F. McGeePublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773573380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
These selections date from early contact of the native peoples of Atlantic Canada with, among others, Norse sailors, and a French priest in 1612. Some excerpts look at the now-extinct Beothuk people of Newfoundland, but most pertain to the Micmac peoples.
Northeast Anthropology
Author: Canadian Theses
Author: National Library of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
We Were Not the Savages
Author: Daniel N. PaulPublisher: Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The result of four years of rewriting, revising, and updating, this new edition includes reams of shocking new data about the confrontation between the Mi'kmaq and European civilizations. This re-examination of original historical records casts doubts on early military and political figures now honored as heroes and questions who the savages really were.
Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford
Author: Anthropological Society of OxfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Ethnohistoric study of eastern James Bay Cree social organization, 1700-1850
Author: Toby MorantzPublisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 1772822515
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In seeking to examine the accommodation by this Northern Algonquian people to the fur trade, this study first outlines the historical development and ecological setting and then looks at the question of social change from the perspectives of economic adaptations, group structure, leadership and territorial organization.