COVER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THE GREAT LAKES - ST. LAWRENCE REGION -- CHAPTER 1 The Iroquois Wars and Native Arms -- The Dutch -- Iroquois Guns -- "The 400 Guns of the Mohawk" -- The Operational Parameters of the Seventeenth Century Musket -- Notes -- CHAPTER 2 Epidemics: The Forgotten Factor in Seventeenth Century Native Warfare in the St. Lawrence Region -- The Epidemics -- Post-Epidemic Warfare -- Notes -- CHAPTER 3 Ktaqamkuk Ilnui Saqimawoutie: Aboriginal Rights and the Myth of the Micmac Mercenaries in Newfoundland -- The Micmac Mercenary Myth -- The "Magic Date" -- Archaeological Evidence -- Other Contributions by Anthropologists -- Epilogue -- Notes -- CHAPTER 4 Families of Mixed Descent in the Western Great Lakes Region -- Self-Ascription -- Ascription by Outsiders -- Mating and Marriage Patterns -- The Requirements for the Development of an Ethnic Identity -- Notes -- PART II: THE BOREAL FOREST -- CHAPTER 5 The Significance of Hunting Territories Today -- Notes -- CHAPTER 6 Waswanipi Cree Management of Land and Wildlife: Cree Ethno-Ecology Revisited -- Introduction -- Some Features of the Waswanipi Ethno-Ecosystem -- Waswanipi Hunting Recipes -- Waswanipi Resource Management -- Conclusions -- Afterword, 1973 -- Postscript, 1986 -- Notes -- CHAPTER 7 The Innu Bands of Labrador -- Notes -- CHAPTER 8 The Home Guard Cree and the Hudson's Bay Company: The First Hundred Years -- Notes -- PART III: THE PRAIRIES -- CHAPTER 9 The Métis Nation: Buffalo Hunting versus Agriculture in the Red River Settlement, 1810-1870 -- The Nature of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in the Red River Settlement -- The Contributions of the Red River Métis -- Conclusions -- Notes -- CHAPTER 10 The Métis: Genesis and Rebirth -- Acadia and New France -- Métis Communities in the Great Lakes Region -- "Natives of Hudson's Bay".

Ethnogenesis in Red River -- Red River to the 1870s -- Métis Renaissance: The 1980s -- Notes -- CHAPTER 11 Indian Reserves in Western Canada: Indian Homelands or Devices for Assimilation? -- Notes -- PART IV: THE PACIFIC REGION -- CHAPTER 12 Slave Raiding on the North Pacific Coast -- Slavery -- War -- Slave Raids -- Conclusions -- Notes -- CHAPTER 13 Women Traders in the Maritime Fur Trade -- Maritime Fur Trade -- Women Traders -- Women's Traditional Economic Roles -- Property Ownership -- Women's Role in Trade -- Conclusions -- Notes -- CHAPTER 14 Fishing is Women's Business: Changing Economic Roles of Carrier Women and Men -- The Indigenous Economy and Social Organization -- Economic Transition and Changing Relationships to the Land -- The Rise of a Capitalist Labour Market -- The Impact of State Intervention -- Fishing and Contemporary Politics -- Notes -- CHAPTER 15 The Marginalization of the Tsimshian Cultural Ecology: The Seasonal Cycle -- The Tsimshian -- Seasonal Cycles -- Effects of the New Political Economy -- Hunting -- Fishing -- Gathering -- Tsimshian Patterns -- Conclusions -- Notes -- PART V: THE YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES -- CHAPTER 16 Changing Perceptions of Industrial Development in the North -- The Setting -- Changing Perceptions of Development -- Land Rights Hearings -- Implications -- Notes -- CHAPTER 17 Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Recommendations of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission -- Berger's Plan for Northern Development -- Critique of Berger's Program -- Application to the Dene -- Conclusions -- Notes -- CHAPTER 18 Survival and Adaptation of the Inuit Ethnic Identity: The Importance of Inuktitut -- Introduction -- General Demographic Features -- Inuktitut Retention, 1971 and 1981 -- Ethnic Identity and Inuktitut Retention in the Canadian North -- Conclusions -- Notes.

CHAPTER 19 Prospects for the Northern Canadian Native Economy -- Native Economy -- The Cost of Maintaining a Mixed Economy -- Notes -- PART VI: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY -- CHAPTER 20 Recent Publications in Canadian Native Studies -- Journals -- Theses -- Monographs of the Canadian Museum of Civilisation -- Pioneers -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- List of Tables and Figures.