Earth, Water, Air and Fire
Subtitle: Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory
Contributors: David T. McNab (Editor)
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: January 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780889202979
Subjects: Anthropology; History; Indigenous peoples; Science/Mathematics; History - General History; Canada; Canada - General; Social Science / Native American Studies
Description: Presents papers from a May 1994 conference. Part I provides two Aboriginal perspectives on the meaning of the four elements and on Aboriginal art. Parts II-V relate the history of the regions of Bkejwanong, Atlantic Canada, Ontario, and the North. Specific subjects include Nova Scotia Indian policies, 1783-1867, the uses and abuses of power in two Ontario residential schools, and Aboriginal reserves and self-government, 1960-82. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.