Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times

Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times by Dickason, Olive Patricia. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780195416527.

This is a comprehensive history of Canadas original inhabitants-- Indians, Inuit, and later, Metis. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines history, anthropology, and archaeology, Dickason tells the story of the more than 50 nations in the territory that is now Canada, beginning with the arrival of people in North America from across the Bering Strait many thousands of years ago.