The moment of contact between two peoples, two alien societies, marks the opening of an epoch and the joining of histories. What if it had happened differently?The stories that indigenous peoples and
Anthologies of contact stories exist, and historical studies that make use of contact stories, but few scholars have examined first-contact stories as a genre or an ongoing contact zone. Here historia
Winner of the 2009 Clio Prize for British ColumbiaThe history of Aboriginal-settler interactions in Canada continues to haunt the national imagination. Despite billions of dollars spent on the "Indian
It has been clear for some time that research does not automatically translate into knowledge, nor does knowledge necessarily translate into wisdom. Whether the immediate challenge is global warming,
Towards a New Ethnohistory engages respectfully in cross-cultural dialogue and interdisciplinary methods to co-create with Indigenous people a new decolonized ethnohistory. This new ethnohistory refle
