How they lived in Canada

Describes Canadian Indian tribes that inhabited the northern part of North America from Labrador to the Rockies.

Explains how the Northwest coast Indians built canoes and houses from cedar logs, lived off the salmon, wove rain-proof hats and blankets, their beliefs, and why they carved and erected totem poles.

Brief text and illustrations describe the past traditions, beliefs, and lifestyles of the Chipewyan, Cree, Beaver, Naskapi and northern Ojibwa Indians.