Earlier editions published under the title: A concise history of Canada's First Nations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origin Stories -- At the Beginning -- The Invasions of the Americas -- On the Eastern Edge of the Mainland -- The Wendat Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the European Colonizers -- The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern North America -- The Struggle against British Colonialism -- Westward and Northward -- Indigenous Alliances and Resistance to Settler Expansion in the Western Great Lakes -- The "Indian Problem": Isolation, Assimilation, Exploitation, and Experimentation -- Towards Confederation for Canada, Towards Wardship for Indigenous Peoples -- The First Numbered Treaties, Police, and the Indian Act -- Time of Troubles -- Repression, Control, and Resistance -- Tightening the Reins: Resistance Grows and Organizes -- Development Heads North -- Canadian Courts and Aboriginal Rights -- The Road to Self-Government -- From Oka to Wa Dzun Kwuh: Reconciliation, Revitalization, and Resurgence.

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.