The Indians of Canada

Jenness, Diamond 1886-1969 (author.).

Summary: First published in 1932, The Indians of Canada remains the most comprehensive works available on Canada's Indians. Part one includes chapters on languages, economic conditions, food resources, hunting and fishing, dress and adornment, dwellings, travel and transportation, trade and commerce, social and political organization, social life, religion, folklore and traditions, and drama, music, and art. The second part of the book describes the tribes in different groupings: the migratory tribbes of the eastern woodlands, the plains tribes, tribes of the Pacific coast, of the Cordillera, and the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins, and finally the Eskimo.

Record details

ISBN: 0802063268 (softcover)
ISBN: 9780802063267 (softcover)
ISBN: 0802022863.
Physical Description: x, xii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print
Publisher: Toronto, ON ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, 1977.
Copyright: ©1977

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in 1932 as Bulletin no. 65, Anthropological series no. 15 of the National Museums of Canada.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Bibliography: p. 430-436.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Languages -- Economic conditions -- Food resources -- Hunting and fishing -- Dress and adornment -- Dwellings -- Travel and transportation, trade and commerce -- Social and political organization - primative migratory tribes -- Social and political organizations - Iroquoians and Pacific coast tribes -- Social life -- Religion -- Folk-lore and traditions -- Oratory and drama, music and art -- Archaeological remains -- Who are the Indians? -- Interaction of Indians and whites -- Migratory tribes of the Eastern Woodlands -- Agricultural tribes of the Eastern Woodlands -- Plains' tribes -- Tribes of the Pacific coast -- Tribes of the Cordillera -- Tribes of the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins -- The eskimo.