Name: Three Hundred Years in Thirty: Memoir of Transition with the Cree Indians of Lake Mistassini, Paperback/Nicholas N. Smith
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Over nearly six decades, Nicholas Smith has amassed an astounding compendium of historical and ethnographical information about the Algonquian-speaking peoples of northeastern North America. His quiet, unassuming manner, competency and unbridled enthusiasm, coupled with an historian's approach to understanding the past, have garnered respect from both First Nations and his peers. Innumerable publications, political advocacy, museum displays, an unpublished (but readily available) catalogue of Wabanaki (Abenaki, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot) textual resources, and an honourary doctorate attest to his many accomplishments and willingness to share information with indigenous peoples and non-Natives alike. This photographic edition is a most welcome addition to Cree publications, providing a highly significant visual documentation of everyday activities of the Mistassini Crees in their natural setting just prior to this period of immense change. --Cath Oberholtzer, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Ontario Nicholas Smith has maintained a decades-long familiarity with Mistassini, a familiarity documented in his own photographic collection and complemented by his work as an ethnohistorian. His book should provide a welcome personal and historically knowledgeable record of the community. --Thomas Stone, Prof. of Anthropology Emeritus, SUNY Potsdam In his memoir, Nicholas Smith has done something rarely experienced by others in recent times. Because of his deep