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.

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.