Acknowledgements

Introduction

Illusions of Contact

1. 'Worth the Noting': European Ambivalence and Aboriginal Agency in Meta Incognita, 1576-78 / Paul W. DePasquale

2. Controlled Speculation and Constructed Myths: The Saga of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith / Frederic W. Gleach

3. Discovering Radisson: A Renaissance Adventurer Between Two Worlds / Germaine Warkentin

Trading Texts, Different Voices

4. Mapping Inuktut: Inuit Views of the Real World / Renee Fossett

5. Captain Cook and the Spaces of Contact at 'Nootka Sound' / Daniel Clayton

6. The Challenge of James Douglas and Carrier Chief Kwah / Frieda Esau Klippenstein

7. William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People: Tradition, History, and Context / Theresa Schenck

Religious Encounters in Text and Context

8. 'The Guardian of All': Jesuit Missionary and Salish Perceptions of the Virgin Mary / Laura Peers

9. The Journals and Voices of a Church of England Native Catechist: Askenootow (Charles Pratt), 1851-1884 / Winona Wheeler

10. Fair Wind's Dream: Naamiwan Obawaajigewin/ Maureen Matthews and Roger Roulette

11. 'Who is Breaking the First Commandment?': Oblate Teachings and Cree Responses in the Hudson Bay Lowlands / George Fulford with Louis Bird

Women's Lives Through Words and Images

12. The Many Faces of Thanadelthur: Documents, Stories, and Images / Patricia A. McCormack

13. 'Gentlemen, This is no Ordinary Trial': Sexual Narratives in the Trial of Reverend Corbett, Red River, 1863 / Erika Koenig-Sheridan

14. Transcribing Insima, a Blackfoot 'Old Lady' / Alice Beck Kehoe

15. The Spider and the WASP: Chronicling the Life of Molly Spotted Elk / Bunny McBride

Documents, Oral and Material

16. Discovery of Gold on the Klondike: Perspectives from Oral Tradition / Julie Cruikshank

17. Dr. Oronhyatekha's History Lesson: Reading Museum Collections as Texts / Trudy Nicks