We were not the savages : collision between European and native American civilizations

Summary: This fully updated fourth edition of a vital text on the history of indigenous peoples comes from the thorough research of a First Nations descendent. By turns revealing and deeply unsettling, the book details the brutal treatment and complete displacement of the Mi'kmaq civilization at the hands of European settlers. The author's ongoing research casts doubt on the recorded tales of Canadian colonization and reveals that the mistreatment of First Nations peoples is not confined to the past.

Record details

ISBN: 9781773635637 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvi, 471 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Halifax, NS : Fernwood Publishing, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Civilization, democracy and government -- 2. Mi'kmaw social values and economy -- 3. European greed and the Mi'kmaw resolve to fight -- 4. Persecution, war, alliance and terrorism -- 5. The Treaty of 1725 and proclamations -- 6. Flawed peace and the Treaty of 1749 -- 7. More bounties for human scalps and the Treaty of 1752 -- 8. The futile search for a just peace, 1752-1761 -- 9. Burying of the hatchet ceremony of 1761 and the royal proclamation of 1763 -- 10. Dispossession and the imposition of poverty -- 11. The edge of extinction -- 12. Confederation and the Indian Act -- 13. Twentieth-century racism and centralization -- 14. The struggle for freedom.