We were not the savages is unique, in chronological scope and in the story it tells, covering the last three centuries of Mi'kmaw history in detail. Prior to the appearance of this book it was common for historians to downplay or even deny the violence inflicted on the Mi'kmaw people by European and Euro-American colonizers. This work, more than any other piece of scholarly production, has headed off that consensus at a pass.  - Geoffrey Plank, professor of history, University of Cincinnati

By Daniel N. Paul