Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Best Left as Indians: Native-White Relations in the Yukon Territory, 1840-1973

Best Left as Indians: Native-White Relations in the Yukon Territory, 1840-1973

Coates, Ken

Paperback

Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History, Book 11

Native American History

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 0773511008
ISBN13: 9780773511002
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Feb 25 1993
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Barely a hundred and fifty years have passed since the first white people arrived at the upper Yukon River basin. During this time many non-Natives have come and gone and some have stayed. Ken Coates examines the interaction between Native people and whites, from the arrival of the fur traders through the fundamental changes following the Second World War, in terms of social contact, economic relations, and church and government policies.

The indigenous population, Coates stresses, has not been passive in the face of expansion by whites. He argues that Native people have played a major role in shaping the history of the region and determining the relationship with the immigrant population. They recognized the conflict between the material and technological advantages of an imposed economic order and the desire to maintain a harvesting existence. While they readily accepted technological innovations, they resisted the imposition of an industrial, urban environment. Contemporary land claims show their long-standing attachment to the land and demonstrate a continued, assertive response to non-Native intervention.

Also in

Native American History

View All