Native People, Native Lands: Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis (Volume 142) (Carleton Library Series)

This collection of timely essays by Canadian scholars explores the fundamental link between the development of aboriginal culture and economic patterns. The contributors draw on original research to discuss Megaprojects in the North, the changing role of native women, reserves and devices for assimilation, the rebirth of the Canadian Metis, aboriginal rights in Newfoundland, the role of slave-raiding, and epidemics and firearms in native history. A collection of writings on issues such as megaprojects in the North, the changing roles of native women, aboriginal rights in Newfoundland, slave-trading, epidemics, and firearms in native history. Includes chapter by Michael Asch entitled "Capital and economic development: a critical appraisal of the recommendations of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission", and "Recent publications in Canadian native studies" by John A. Price The changing roles of native women, devices for assimilation, the re-birth of the Metis: these are among the issues examined in this collection of provocative essays which explore the link between aboriginal culture and economic patterns. Edited By Bruce Alden Cox. Bibliography: P. 284-298.