Alan McMillan is the author of Native Peoples and Cultures of Canada: An Anthropological Overview. He teaches archaeology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, and at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC.

• Illustrations, Maps, and TablesAcknowledgments1 Setting the Stage2 Differing Approaches to the Nuu-chah-nulth Past3 Archaeological Research in Nuu-chah-nulth Territory4 The Emergence of the West Coast Culture Type5 The Late West Coast Culture Type6 The Transition to Recorded History7 Recent History and the Modern CommunitiesReferencesIndex

A well-written, engaging book. - Steven Acheson (The Midden 31/4) In this comprehensive history of [western Vancouver Island and the northern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington], Alan McMillan integrates all available sources of information into a single account, tracing the heritage of [the region's indigenous] peoples from the earliest archaeological evidence over 4000 years ago and addressing contemporary issues. (University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries (2000)) The subject of this thoroughly researched and well-written book is the Native peoples of the west coast of Vancouver Island and the northwestern peninsula of Washington State ... McMillan presents an exhaustive and detailed overview of the archaeological evidence ... His book will prove especially valuable to researchers studying the northwest coast of Canada. - Mima Kapches (Canadian Book Review Annual 4218)