Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-395) and index.

Civilization, democracy and government -- Mi'kmaq social values and economy -- European greed and the Mi'kmaq resolve to fight -- Persecution, war, alliance and terrorism -- Treaty of 1725 and proclamations -- Flawed peace and the Treaty of 1749 -- More bounties for human scalps and the Treaty of 1752 -- Futile search for a just peace, 1752-1761 -- Burying of the hatchet ceremony of 1761 -- Dispossession and the imposition of poverty -- Edge of extinction -- Confederation and the Indian Act -- Twentieth-Century racism and centralization -- Struggle for freedom.