Long before the vast region that is now Canada was explored and settled by Europeans, it was home to a number of aboriginal peoples. Each group had its own culture and language, but the groups were similar in some ways. Like aboriginal tribes in other parts of the world, they had stories about the creation of the world and humanity, their natural surroundings, and animals that behaved like humans and, in some cases, actually became human beings. One of the common elements in these tribal... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, 2022. 3p.