First Nations of British Columbia, Second Edition, The

An Anthropological Survey

By Robert J. Muckle
Categories: Literature & Language Studies, Indigenous Literature, Indigenous Studies, History, Canadian History, Political Science, Social Sciences, Anthropology
Publisher: UBC Press
Paperback : 9780774813495, 168 pages, November 2006
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774840101, 168 pages, November 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774857208, 168 pages, November 2007
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Table of contents

Maps and 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

Suggested Reading

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

Suggested Reading

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

Suggested Reading

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

Suggested Reading

Appendices

1 The First Nations of British Columbia

2 Major Ethnic Groups

3 Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation, 1763

4 Excerpts from the Laurier Memorial, 1910

5 Highlights from the Nisga’a Final Agreement

6 First Nations Involved in Treaty Negotiations, 2006

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Description

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.