New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada’s Native Pasts

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by Theodore Binnema

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Scholarly depictions of the history of Aboriginal people in Canada have changed dramatically since the 1970s when Arthur J. (“Skip”) Ray entered the field. New Histories for Old examines this transformation while extending the scholarship on Canada’s Aboriginal history in new directions. This collection combines essays by prominent senior historians, geographers, and anthropologists with contributions by new voices in these fields. The chapters reflect themes including Native struggles for land and resources under colonialism, the fur trade, “Indian” policy and treaties, mobility and migration, disease and well-being, and Native-newcomer relations. This selection of essays sheds new light on historical and up to date relationships between the European and the Native. It reviews the aspirations of the Indigenous people to recover their lands in whole or in part. The book is a fresh look at the history of our original peoples and is an up to date reference for both historians and litigators. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac ― Barrister, Issue 87 Ted Binnema is associate professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia. Susan Neylan is associate professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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