The First Nations of British Columbia : an anthropological survey / / Robert J. Muckle

• Autore: Muckle Robert James
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.1/00497
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - British Columbia; Indians of North America - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Maps of Illustrations -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- PART 1 FIRST NATIONS DEFINED -- What Is a First Nation? -- Two Kinds of First Nations People -- Population, Reserves, Settlements, and Lands -- Bands, Ethnic Groups, Tribal Councils, and Other Affiliations -- PART 2 ARCHAEOLOGY AND FIRST PEOPLES -- First Nations and Archaeological Perceptions of the Past -- The Nature of Archaeological Research in British Columbia -- Early Migrations through British Columbia -- Here to Stay -- Settling Down -- Prominent Sites -- Tracing Ancestry -- -- PART 3 ETHNOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL LIFEWAYS -- Anthropology and Oral Tradition -- Traditional Culture Areas of British Columbia -- Languages -- Population -- Settlement Patterns -- Diet -- Technology -- Social Organization -- Myths, Spirits, and Shamans -- Health and Healing -- Art -- The Potlatch and Other Important Ceremonies -- Trade, Slavery, and Warfare -- PART 4 FIRST NATIONS IN RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY TIMES -- Population Loss -- The Impact of the Fur Trade -- The Impact of the Gold Rushes -- The Impact of Non-Native Settlement -- Missionaries and Residential Schools -- First Nations and Wage Labour -- Government Relations with First Nations -- Assertions of Aboriginal Rights -- Negotiations in the 1990s and Early Twenty-First Century -- Economic and Cultural Initiatives -- Asserting Identity through Art -- Outstanding Issues -- APPENDICES -- 1. The First Nations of British Columbia -- 2 Major Ethic Groups -- 3 Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation, 1763 -- Excerpts from the Laurier Memorial, 1910 -- Highlights from the Nisga'a Final Agreement, 2000 -- First Nations Involved in Treaty Negotiations, 2006 -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography.
• Titolo autorizzato: The First Nations of British Columbia
• ISBN: 1-283-13140-4; 9786613131409; 0-7748-5234-8; 0-585-32023-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808751203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II