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    The First Nations of British Columbia : an anthropological overview / Robert J. Muckle.

    • Title:The First Nations of British Columbia : an anthropological overview / Robert J. Muckle.
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    • Author/Creator:Muckle, Robert James, author.
    • Published/Created:Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2014]
      ©2014
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--British Columbia.
      Indigenous peoples--British Columbia.
      Indigenous peoples--British Columbia.
    • Edition:Third edition.
    • Description:xvi, 168 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 22 cm
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9780774828734
      0774828730
    • Contents:Part 1. Introducing First Nations, popular perceptions, and the anthropological perspective. Popular Perceptions
      Through the Lens of Anthropology. Part 2. Defining and Situating First Nations Today. Understanding Labels : First Nations, Aboriginal, Indian, and More
      Population, Reserves, Settlements, and Lands
      Bands, Ethnic Groups, Tribal Councils, and Other Affiliations
      Situating BC First Nations Within Canada, in North America, and around the World. Part 3. Archaeology and First Nations. First Nations and Archaeological Perception 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. Part 4. Languages, Population Estimates, and Traditional Lifeways. 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. Part 5. From the Late 1700s Through the Twentieth Century. Population Loss
      The Impact of the Fur Trade
      The Impact of the Gold Rushes
      The Impact of Non-Indigenous Settlement
      Missionaries and Residential Schools
      First Nations and Wage Labour
      Government Relations with First Nations
      Assertions of Aboriginal Rights
      Negotiations in the Late 1900s
      Anthropology in the Late 1900s. Part 6. First Nations and Anthropology in the Twenty-First Centur. Living in the Twenty-First Century
      Economic and Cultural Initiatives
      Treaty Negotiations
      Outstanding Issues
      Asserting Rights and Identity
      First Nations and Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century
      First Nations Cultures Still Exist
      Appendices : The First Nations of British Columbia
      Major Ethnic Groups
      Excerpts From the British Columbia Heritage Conservation Act, 1996
      Apology for Residential Schools
      Excerpts From the Royal Proclamation.
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