Aboriginal History
A Reader

Aboriginal History: A Reader is a contributed textbook/reader hybrid, containing more than 60 articles, images, and primary documents that present key topics in the history of Canada's First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples from a variety of perspectives.

Pedagogical features such as 'Chapter Objectives', 'Questions for Consideration', and 'Further Resources' help contextualize the content and bring Aboriginal experiences to life, helping students gain a new appreciation for the complex nature of Aboriginal history in Canada.

CONTENTS OVERVIEW
CONTRIBUTOR LIST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION: ABORIGINAL HISTORY IN A COLONIAL CONTEXT, BY KRISTIN BURNETT AND GEOFF READ
1. WORLD VIEWS
ARTICLE 1: INDIGENEITY IN CANADA: SPIRITUALITY, THE SACRED, AND SURVIVAL, BY DENNIS MCPHERSON AND J. DOUGLAS RABB
ARTICLE 2: INDIGENOUS PEDAGOGY: A WAY OUT OF DEPENDENCY, BY BETTY BASTIEN
2. PERSPECTIVES ON CONTACT
ARTICLE 1: IMAGINING A DISTANT NEW WORLD. FACING EAST FROM INDIAN COUNTRY: A NATIVE HISTORY OF EARLY AMERICA, BY DANIEL RICHTER
DOCUMENT 1: IMAGE: PLAN OF HOCHELAGA PICTURING CONTACT, CARTIER, 1556, RAMUSIO (ITALIAN CHRONICLER OF VOYAGES)
DOCUMENT 2: IMAGE: JACQUES CARTIER AND HIS FIRST INTERVIEW WITH INDIANS AT HOCHELAGA, 1850, BY ANDREW MORRIS
ARTICLE 2: INTO THE ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO: EDWARD PARRY IN IGLOOLIK AND THE SHAMAN'S CURSE, IN HER ENCOUNTERS ON THE PASSAGE: INUIT MEET EXPLORERS, BY DOROTHY EBER
DOCUMENT 3: IGLOOLIK RESEARCH CENTRE, INULLARIIT ELDERS' SOCIETY ARCHIVES, INTERVIEWED AND TRANSLATED BY LOUIS TAPARDJUK
3. POPULATION DEBATES
ARTICLE 1: RECENT WORK AND PROSPECTS, BY DAVID HENIGE IN AMERICAN INDIAN CONTACT POPULATION
DOCUMENT 1: NATURAL [HERBAL] MEDICINE, BY JOSEPH LAFITAU IN CUSTOMS OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS COMPARED WITH CUSTOMS OF PRIMITIVE TIMES, 1681
- 1746
ARTICLE 2: TREATIES AND TUBERCULOSIS: FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY WESTERN CANADA, A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, BY J. W. DASCHUK, PAUL HACKETT, AND SCOTT MACNEIL
DOCUMENT 2: CANADA, SESSIONAL PAPERS 1880, REPORT OF ACTING SUPERINTENDENT M.G. DICKIESON, JULY 1879
4. WAR, CONFLICT, AND SOCIETY
ARTICLE 1: SLAVERY, THE FOX WARS, AND THE LIMITS OF ALLIANCE, BY BRETT RUSHFORTH
DOCUMENT 1: BAPTISM, SEPT. 21, 1713, GAETEN MORIN, ED. REPERTOIRE DES ACTES DE BAPTEME, MARIAGE ET SEPULTURE DU QUEBEC ANCIEN, 1621-1799
ARTICLE 2: DIVIDED GROUND: UPPER CANADA, NEW YORK, AND THE IROQUOIS SIX NATIONS, 1783 - 1815., BY ALAN TAYLOR
DOCUMENT 2: RED JACKET, SPEECH, 21 NOVEMBER 1790, TIMOTHY PICKERING PAPERS
5. THE FUR TRADE
ARTICLE 1: THE FUR TRADE AS AN ASPECT OF NATIVE HISTORY, BY ARTHUR RAY
DOCUMENT 1: MINUTES OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1671 - 1674, E. E. RICH, ED
ARTICLE 2: WOMEN, KIN, AND CATHOLICISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUR TRADE, BY SUSAN SLEEPER-SMITH
DOCUMENT 2: REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS ON MACKINAC ISLAND, BY ELIZABETH THERESE BAIRD
6. LOCATING METIS IDENTITY
ARTICLE 1: I SHALL SETTLE, MARRY, AND TRADE HERE: BRITISH MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR MIXED-BLOOD DESCENDANTS, BY SANDY CAMPBELL
DOCUMENT 1: METIS NATIONALISM: THEN AND NOW, BY YVON DUMONT, IN AN ADDRESS GIVEN AT A SYMPOSIUM ON THE BATTLE OF SEVEN OAKS, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, OCTOBER 1991
ARTICLE 2: ONLY PEMMICAN EATERS? THE FORMATION OF METIS IDENTITIES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD, 1869 - 1885, BY GEOFF READ AND TODD WEBB
DOCUMENT 2: 'THE INSURRECTION IN MANITOBA' BRISBANE COURIER, 16 MAY 1885
7. FEDERAL INDIAN POLICY
ARTICLE 1: DREAMING IN LIBERAL WHITE: CANADIAN INDIAN POLICY, 1913 - 1983, BY HUGH SHEWELL
DOCUMENT 1: CIVILIZING INFLUENCES, A PROPOSED PAMPHLET BY THOMAS DEASY, INDIAN AGENT
ARTICLE 2: OUR MEDICINES: LOCAL INDIAN 'MEDICINE' AND THE NANAIMO INDIAN HOSPITAL, 1945 - 1975, BY LAURIE MEIJER DREES
DOCUMENT 2: INTERVIEW WITH VIOLET CHARLIE, 14 MAY 2008, DUNCAN, BC, BY LAURIE MEIJER DREES AND DELORES LOUIE
8. SURVIVANCE, IDENTITY, AND THE INDIAN ACT
ARTICLE 1: IDENTITY, NON-STATUS INDIAN, AND FEDERALLY UNRECOGNIZED PEOPLES, BY BONITA LAWRENCE
DOCUMENT 1: STATUTES OF CANADA, 39 VICT., C. 18, 1876
ARTICLE 2: STUCK AT THE BORDER OF THE RESERVE: BILL C-31 AND ITS IMPACT ON FIRST NATIONS WOMEN, BY JAIME MISHIBINIJIMA
DOCUMENT 2: INTERVIEW WITH LIFE RESPONDENT 12, 28 JULY 2008
DOCUMENT 3: INDIAN ACT, SECTION 6, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 20 OCTOBER 2010
9. RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 1: ALWAYS REMEMBERING: INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN CANADA, BY CELIA HAIG-BROWN
DOCUMENT 1: CANADA, DIA ANNUAL REPORT, PROGRAM OF STUDIES FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS, 1897 SESSIONAL PAPERS
ARTICLE 2: REFLECTIONS ON THE INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: FROM COURT CASES TO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, BY LORENA SEKWAN FONTAINE
DOCUMENT 2: CANADA AND PLAINTIFFS (AS REPRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM, MERCHANT LAW GROUP, AND INDEPENDENT COUNSEL) AND THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS AND INUIT REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA, THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANADA, THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA AND ROMAN CATHOLIC ENTITIES
INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, MAY 2008
DOCUMENT 3: TELLING TRUTHS AND SEEKING RECONCILIATION: EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES, BY RUPERT ROSS
10. RELIGION, CULTURE, AND THE PEOPLES OF THE NORTH
ARTICLE 1: THE BIRTH OF A CATHOLIC INUIT COMMUNITY, BY CORNELIUS REMIE AND JARICH OOSTEN
DOCUMENT 1: CODEX HISTORICUS MISSION PELLY BAY, VOLUME I: 25 DECEMBER 1940
ARTICLE 2: REFLECTING ON THE FUTURE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW FRONTIERS, BY NAOMI ADELSON
DOCUMENT 2: UNTITLED IMAGE OF TIPI ON COMPUTER SCREEN
11. THE ECONOMY AND LABOUR
ARTICLE 1: VANISHING THE INDIANS: ABORIGINAL LABOURERS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH COLUMBIA, BY JOHN LUTZ
DOCUMENT 1: SELECTED EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF ARTHUR WELLINGTON (T'AMKS)
ARTICLE 2: COLONIALISM AT WORK: LABOUR PLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN POST-WAR CANADA, BY JOAN SANGSTER
DOCUMENT 2: INDIAN GIRLS ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS - PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS, AUTHOR UNKNOWN
12. ABORIGINAL WOMEN
ARTICLE 1: CATEGORIES AND TERRAINS OF EXCLUSION: CONSTRUCTING THE INDIAN WOMAN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT ERA IN WESTERN CANADA, BY SARAH CARTER
DOCUMENT 1: LETTER FROM MRS MARY MCNAUGHTON CONCERNING THE CHATTELS OF INDIAN WOMEN MARRIED TO WHITE MEN AND LIVING ON THE RESERVE, 15 DECEMBER 1879
ARTICLE 2: MAKING HISTORY: ELSIE MARIE KNOTT - CANADA'S FIRST FEMALE INDIAN ACT CHIEF, BY CORA VOYAGEUR
DOCUMENT 2: INDIAN ACT 1951 (CAN.), C. 149
13. NEGOTIATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
ARTICLE 1: INDUSTRIAL FISHERIES AND THE HEALTH OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY CANADIAN NORTHWEST, BY LIZA PIPER
DOCUMENT 1: LETTER FROM CHIEF PIERRE FREEZIE TO S.J. BAILEY, 9 OCTOBER 1950
ARTICLE 2: THE INDIANS WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THEY TENDED TO THEIR FARMS INSTEAD OF DABBLING IN FISHERIES, BY GABRIELLE PARENT
14. POLITICAL ACTIVISM
ARTICLE 1: NOTHING LEFT FOR ME OR ANY OTHER INDIAN: THE GEORGIAN BAY ANISHNABEKE INTER-WAR ARTICULATION OF ABORIGINAL RIGHTS, BY ROBIN JARVIS BROWNLIE
DOCUMENT 1: LETTER FROM ELIJAH TABOBONDUNG TO JON DALY, INDIAN AGENT, 12 AUGUST 1923, COPPERHEAD, PERRY SOUND, ON
ARTICLE 2: POWER, PRAXIS AND THE METIS OF KELLY LAKE, CANADA, BY DAVID BENTLEY AND BRENDA MURPHY
DOCUMENT 2: RARE HEALTH SERVICES COME TO METIS AT KELLY LAKE, BY JOAN TALLON
15. TREATIES AND SELF-GOVERNANCE
ARTICLE 1: ALLY OR COLONIZER: THE FEDERAL STATE, THE CREE NATION, AND THE JAMES BAY AGREEMENT, BY PAUL RYNARD
DOCUMENT 1: CREE REGIONAL AUTHORITY ET AL. V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF QUEBEC (1991)
ARTICLE 2: RECOGNITION BY ASSIMILATION: MI'KMAQ TREATY RIGHTS, FISHERIES PRIVATIZATION, AND COMMUNITY RESISTANCE IN NOVA SCOTIA, BY MARTHA STIEGMAN AND SHERRY PICTOU
DOCUMENT 2: TWO IMAGES: THE GUIDES (1899), THE GUIDES (2009) [HARVESTERS FROM BEAR RIVER FIRST NATION]