Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-804) and index.

[pt. 1.] Introduction -- General environment -- Major fauna in the traditional economy -- History of ethnological research in the Subarctic Shield and Mackenzie Borderlands -- History of archeological research in the Subarctic Shield and Mackenzie Valley -- History of research in the Subarctic Cordillera -- History of research in Subarctic Alaska -- Museum and archival resources for Subarctic Alaska -- Subarctic Algonquian languages -- Northern Athapaskan languages -- Prehistory of the Canadian Shield -- Prehistory of the Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake Region -- Prehistory of the western Subarctic -- [pt. 2.] Subarctic Shield and Mackenzie Borderlands: Environment and culture in the Shield and Mackenzie Borderlands -- Intercultural relations and cultural change in the Shield and Mackenzie Borderlands -- Territorial groups before 1821: Cree and Ojibwa -- Territorial groups before 1821: Athapaskans of the Shield and Mackenzie Drainage -- Montagnais-Naskapi -- Seventeenth-century Montagnais social relations and values -- East Main Cree -- Attikamek (Tête de Boule) -- West Main Cree -- Northern Ojibwa -- Saulteaux of Lake Winnipeg -- Western Woods Cree -- Chipewyan -- Yellowknife -- Dogrib -- Bearlake Indians -- Hare -- Mountain Indians -- Slavery -- Beaver -- Subarctic Métis -- [pt. 3.] Subarctic Cordillera: Environment and culture in the Cordillera -- Intercultural relations and cultural change in the Cordillera -- Chilcotin -- Carrier -- Sekani -- Kaska -- Nahani -- Tsetsaut -- Tahltan -- Inland Tlingit -- Tagish -- Tutchone -- Han -- Kutchin -- [pt. 4.] Alaska Plateau: Environment and culture in the Alaska Plateau -- Intercultural relations and cultural change in the Alaska Plateau -- Territorial groups of west-central Alaska before 1989 -- Tanana -- Upper Tanana River Potlach -- Koyukon -- Ingalik -- Kolchan -- [pt. 5.] South of the Alaska Range: Tanaina -- Ahtna -- [pt. 6.] Native settlements: Native settlements: introduction -- Davis Inlet, Labrador -- Great Whale River, Quebec -- Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories -- Old Crow, Yukon Territory -- Minto, Alaska -- [pt. 7.] Special topics: Modern Subarctic Indians and Métis -- Expressive aspects of Subarctic Indian culture.