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Native Peoples: The Canadian Experience

by R. Bruce Morrison

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The new edition of the standard text in the field has 26 chapters by well-known Canadian and American anthropologists and ethnohistorians. Each of seven regions is surveyed in an introductory chapter as well as in in-depth chapters on specific Native groups. This new edition has considerablyupdated its material and includes a new appendix featuring the relevant treaties.

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Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 971.00497 — History & geography History of North America Canada Canada
LCC: E78 .C2 .N389 — History of the United States America Indians of North America
BISAC: SOC SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies American Native American Studies
HIS HISTORY General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1986
Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 971.00497
LCC: E78 .C2 .N389

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