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Presents a concise history of Canada's original inhabitants, Indians, Inuit, and Metis.

Legal, theological and philosophical analysis of the ideology of colonialism. Focuses on sovereignty and right of self-government of Amerindians, leading to present "aboriginal problems" such as those posed by the Canadian constitutional affirmation of "existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people of Canada."

The classic text on Indigenous histories, with contemporary updatesCarefully and conscientiously updated, this fourth edition is a brief but comprehensive overview of the long and vibrant history of Indigenous Peoples within what is now Canada. This engaging, chronological text offers a multifaceted account from time immemorial and pre-contact to present-daymovements towards self-determination.

Now in its third edition, this outstanding collection from leading scholars offers a rich, in-depth study of contemporary issues facing Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Exploring the sources of oppression, this text offers a critical examination of the relationship between Aboriginal peoples andother Canadians throughout the nation's history and up to the present day. Maintaining the same optimistic, forward-looking approach from previous editions, this proven text invites students to reflect on the ways in which Aboriginal people can continue to realize their spiritual and materialaspirations. Thoroughly revised and updated, Visions of the Heart, third edition, is essential reading for understanding Aboriginal issues in Canada.

"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."--

"Like previous iterations, the sixth edition of Visions of the Heart is both a reflection of the current social, economic and political terrain in Canada and a critical engagement by a diverse collection of established and emerging scholars with it. Moreover, its editors and contributors continue to foreground the importance of being personally and politically connected to the matters that we are theorizing and writing about, and that we are also committed to working towards changing. This collection follows the approach of the previous edition by bringing together representative voices from a growing assortment of Indigenous scholars, activists, artists, and non-Indigenous allies that are aware and unapologetically critical of the limitations in the predominant ways that 'Indigenous issues' have been addressed not only in mainstream literary and scholarly works, but also in popular writings and a wide variety of mass and social media contexts. The current edition of Visions of the Heart thus features new contributors, alongside the voices of those who agreed to revise and update their contributions from the previous edition. All contributors approach their work and utilize methodologies that flow from a commitment to Indigenous life and resurgence. While there were a number of common themes and shared perspectives running through the first editions of Visions of the Heart, the addition of a new co-editor in the 5th edition was a transitional point for the volume and brought a significant change in focus from reconciliation to questions of relationship and responsibility. Contributors to this edition have maintained this focus as they have engaged Indigenous peoples' constructions and understandings of the various relationships they inhabit (with the land, waterways, other living beings, and the spirit world), specific relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples (kinship, settler-colonial relations, various forms of co-existence, treaties, and alliances), and the responsibilities these many relationships entail. As discussed in more detail below, this reflects a fundamental shift that has been occurring over the past two decades in scholarly attention to 'Indigenous resurgence.' While broadly employed with context-specific connotations, this concept can generally be characterized as referring to scholarship, forms of activism, nation-building, and theorizing that are grounded in Indigenous peoples' localized worldviews and ways of knowing, philosophies, intellectual traditions, laws, and relations with creation. Importantly, the principles, ethics, and values that flow from these spiritual and cultural norms are not abstract ideals that float untethered from real-world contexts, but are embedded within everyday life; thus, resurgence is not an end goal but a practice or way of life in which the ends and means are not distinct from one another but are one and the same"--

Legal, theological and philosophical analysis of the ideology of colonialism. Focuses on sovereignty and right of self-government of Amerindians, leading to present "aboriginal problems" such as those posed by the Canadian constitutional affirmation of "existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people of Canada."

This fully updated edition is a brief but comprehensive overview of the long and vibrant history of Canada's First Nations. From pre-contact and first encounters with Europeans to present struggles for self-determination, this engaging text offers a multifaceted account of Canada's foundingpeoples.