Canada's Native people have inhabited this land since the Ice Age and were already accomplished traders, artisans, farmers and marine hunters when Europeans first reached their shores. Contact between Natives and European explorers and settlers initially presented an unprecedented period of growth and ...
Key People: Layli Long Soldier Walter Ufer Hermon A. MacNeil Related Topics: Plains Indian Southeast Indian Northwest Coast Indian Southwest Indian Northeast Indian See all related content Native American, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of theWestern Hemisphere, although the term often connot...
Still, other features of sexual relations, such as the construction of hetero/homo - sexuality, need greater attention. Consider the question of periodization. All four two - volume texts use Confederation as the dividing point. Given that even The History of the Canadian Peoples (the most ...
Generally, Borneo soils are poor, with a few exceptions of fertile volcanic areas. Rice, the staple food, is supplemented with corn (maize), cassava (manioc), cucumber, and pumpkin. Rubber is grown on small native plantations. Pepper is grown on a large scale by the resident Chinese. Newer...
these claims prove to be unsubstantiated and there is no evidence suggesting that native Caribbean people practiced any form of cannibalism. Claims of the practice were based on European misconceptions. Historical Anthropologist, Nicola Foote,asserts that there is 'no firm evidence that cannibalism ever...
CThe history of the United States is a history of people on the move. The Native Americanscame to North America thousands of years ago. Some of them built villages and stayed there,but many moved from place to place.The first travellers from Europe came to live in an unknown land. At ...
This is not the case with those of us who teach Native American history or Native studies. Consequently, it is always heartening to see someone attempt to create an overview of historical material that encompasses pre- and post-Columbian Native experiences.J. Bowes...
Several ideas exist about the origins of early people in the Americas. Explore the Bering Land Bridge Theory, the Atlantic Theory, the Oceania Theory, and consider which theory has the most evidence. The Bering Land Bridge Theory Many theories exist about how people first got to the Americas,...
“Being Indigenous or First Nations was not cool for a very long time,” says Gardiner, the First Nations Canadian filmmaker. “A lot of my generation of First Nations people are the first of our families to think it’s okay to call ourselves First Nations in public and represent and ...
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by Eve Darian-Smith (bio) Alexandra Harmon. Rich Indians: Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History . Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-8078-3423-7388pp. This deeply histo...