Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Karlsefni's Adventures in Vinland 1
5. Contact with the Beothuk in the Seventeenth Century 6
6. Tribe of Red Indians 12
7. A Letter Missive in regard to the Conversion and Baptism of the Grand Sagamore of New France, Who was, Before the Arrival of the French, Its Chief Sovereign 20
8. Letter from Father Pierre Biard to the Reverend Father Provincial, at Paris 22
9. The Difference That There is Between the Ancient Customs of the Indians, and Those of the Present 38
10. On the Wigwams and Dwellings of the Gaspesians 45
11. British Indian Policy in Nova Scotia to 1760 51
12. Indian Affairs in Nova Scotia, 1760-1834 63
13. M. H. Perley's Report on the Indians of New Brunswick 81
14. Report on Indian Affairs¹ 90
15. Indians of Nova Scotia 102
16. Culture Loss and Culture Change among the Micmac of the Canadian Maritime Provinces, 1912-1950 120
17. Social Time and Institutional Conflict 152
18. Two Malecite Family Industries: A Case Study 165
19. Funny-I'm Still Looking For That Place 196
20. No Longer Neglected: A Decade of Writing Concerning the Native Peoples of the Maritimes 209
21. Further Reading 219