Native People

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The Native peoples of Canada are considered under 6 general articles. Native People: ARCTIC; EASTERN WOODLANDS; NORTHWEST COAST; PLAINS; PLATEAU and SUBARCTIC.

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
Building an Igloo
Contemporary Inuk man building an igloo (Corel Professional Photos).
Inuk Hunter
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).
Native People: Cultural Areas
Native People: Cultural Areas


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).

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