Native Studies 10

If Natives began living on the Plains 11,500 years ago, and Europeans
first saw the Canadian Plains less than 300 years ago, this means that more
than 97% of Plains history is Native history alone. Imagine a textbook with
ten chapters, with each chapter portraying an equal part of that history. The
first nine chapters would be devoted to Native history, as would more than 70%
of the final chapter.
Full Circle Canada’s First Nations
Steckley and Cummins, 2001, p. 91