A comprehensive history of Canada's original inhabitants, Indians, Innuit, and later, Metis. Using an interdisciplinary approach combining techniques from history, anthropology, and archaeology, the author tells the story of the more than 50 first nations in the territory that is now Canada.

This is a comprehensive history of Canada's original inhabitants-- Indians, Inuit, and later, Metis. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines history, anthropology, and archaeology, Dickason tells the story of the more than 50 nations in the territory that is now Canada, beginning with the arrival of people in North America from across the Bering Strait many thousands of years ago.