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The Canadian Indian : the illustrated history of the great tribes of Canada.
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Symington, Fraser
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, Illustrated Books Division
- Call Number
- 07.2 S6t
- Author
- Symington, Fraser
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, Illustrated Books Division
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
- Abstract
- Advisory, this item contains offensive and outdated language of the time. "Intent is to present an abstracted view of Indian life as it was or may have been." - Aurora
- Contents
- Introduction: A paradise lost -- Part one: The people and the land -- 1. From the mists of Asia -- 2. Where they struck root -- 3. The tribal lifestyle -- Part two: The fifty tribes of Canada -- 4. Nomads of the eastern forest -- 5. Hunters of the high plains -- 6. The potlatch people -- 7. The planters of corn -- 8. The northwoodsmen -- 9. The mountain dwellers -- 10. Life in the lodge -- Part three: A collision of cultures -- 11. The white invasion -- 12. The history makers -- 13. The years of war -- 14. The saga of the Bois Brules -- 15. The cavalry of the Plains -- 16. The price of fur -- 17. When wampum was wealth -- 18. The great buffalo kill -- Part four: Into exile -- 19. "My arrows are broken" -- 20. Through an Indian eye -- 21. Red children of the Queen -- Epilogue: A look at today and tomorrow -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index
- Notes
- Advisory, this item contains offensive and outdated language. Fragile spine.
- Accession Number
- 2022.17
- Call Number
- 07.2 S6t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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