Aboriginal People

There are also separate entries on the following groups: ABENAKI; AHOUSAHT; ALGONQUIN; ASSINIBOINE; ATTIKAMEK; BAFFIN ISLAND INUIT; BEARLAKE; BEAVER; BEOTHUK; BLACKFOOT; BLACKFOOT NATION; BLOOD; CARIBOU INUIT; CARRIER; CAYUGA; CENTRAL COAST SALISH; CHICKLISET; CHILCOTIN; CHIPEWYAN; CLAYOQUOT; COPPER INUIT; CREE; DAKOTA; DENE NATION; DITIDAHT; DOGRIB; EHATTESAHT; GITKSAN; HAIDA; HAN; HARE; HEILTSUK (Bella Bella); HESQUIAHT; HURON; IGLULIK INUIT; INNU; INUIT; IROQUOIS; KABLOONA; KASKA; KITAMAAT; KOOTENAY; GWICH'IN; KWAKIUTL; Kyuquot; LABRADOR INUIT; MACKENZIE INUIT; MALISEET; METIS; MICMAC; MOHAWK; MONTAGNAIS-NASKAPI; MOWACHAHT MUCHALAHT; NAHANI; NASKAPI; NETSILIK INUIT; NEUTRAL; NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN; NISHGA; NOOTKA; NORTHERN GEORGIA STRAIT COAST SALISH; NUTCHATLAHT; NUXALK (Bella Coola); NUU-CHAH-NULTH (Nootka); OJIBWA; ONEIDA; ONONDAGA; OPETCHESAHT; OTTAWA; PACHEENAHT; PEIGAN; PETUN; SADLERMIUT INUIT; SALISH, COASTAL; SALISH, INTERIOR; SARCEE; SEKANI; SENECA; SHESHAHT; SIOUX; SIX NATIONS; SLAVEY (SLAVE); STONEY; TAGISH; TAHLTAN; TLINGIT, INLAND; TOQUAHT; TSETSAUT; TSIMSHIAN; TUTCHONE; UCHUCKLESAHT; UCLUELET; UNGAVA INUIT; YELLOWKNIFE.

Building an Igloo
Contemporary Inuk man building an igloo (Corel Professional Photos).

Native People: Cultural Areas

Inuk Hunter
Some Inuit still follow a nomadic way of life, while others are involved in the administration and development of northern Canada (Corel Professional Photos).

Suggested Reading
H.A. Dempsey, Indian Tribes of Alberta (1978); P. Drucker, Indians of the Northwest Coast (1955); W. Duff, The Indian History of British Columbia (1964); L.M. and J.R. Hanks, Tribe Under Trust: A Study of the Blackfoot Reserve of Alberta (1950); H.B. Hawthorn et al, The Indians of British Columbia (1958); D. Jenness, The Indians of Canada (1932); T. McFeat, ed, Indians of the North Pacific Coast (1966); D.G. Mandelbaum, The Plains Cree (1979); R.B. Morrison and C.R. Wilson, The Native Peoples: The Canadian Experience (1987); A. Ray, Indians in the Fur Trade (1974); V.F. Ray, Cultural Relations in the Plateau of Northwestern America (1939); W.C. Sturtevant, gen ed, Handbook of North American Indians, vol 15: Northeast, ed, B.G. Trigger (1978) and vol 6: Subarctic, ed, J. Helm (1981), other volumes are forthcoming; J.W. Vanstone, Athapaskan Adaptations: Hunters and Fishermen of the Subarctic Forests (1974); M. Zaslow, ed, A Century of Canada's Arctic Islands 1880-1980 (1981).

Links to Other Sites
Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge
The website for the Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge, which features Canada's largest essay writing competition for Aboriginal youth (ages 14-29) and a companion program for those who prefer to work through painting, drawing and photography. See their guidelines, teacher resources, profiles of winners, and more. From the Historica-Dominion Institute.