"The fifth edition of Indigenous Peoples within Canada is a comprehensive and accessible history of Indigenous Peoples from time immemorial to the present day. It centres Indigenous voices and perspectives throughout and links historical patterns to contemporary issues and events."-- Provided by publisher.

Earlier editions published under the title: A concise history of Canada's First Nations.

1 Origin Stories -- 2 At the Beginning -- 3 The Invasions of the Americas -- 4 On the Eastern Edge of the Mainland -- 5 The Wendat Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the European Colonizers -- 6 The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern North America -- 7 The Struggle against British Colonialism -- 8 Westward and Northward -- 9 Indigenous Alliances and Resistance to Settler Expansion in the Western Great Lakes -- 10 The "Indian Problem": Isolation, Assimilation, Exploitation, and Experimentation -- 11 Towards Confederation for Canada, Towards Wardship for Indigenous Peoples -- 12 The First Numbered Treaties, Police, and the Indian Act -- 13 Time of Troubles -- 14 Repression, Control, and Resistance -- 15 Tightening the Reins: Resistance Grows and Organizes -- 16 Development Heads North -- 17 Canadian Courts and Aboriginal Rights -- 18 The Road to Self-Government -- 19 From Okato Wa Dzun Kwuh: Reconciliation, Revitalization, and Resurgence.