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Agriculture and Agitation on the Oak River Dakota Reserve, 1875-1895
Sarah Carter Manitoba History, No. 6, 1983, p. [?]. Study suggests that failure of agriculture on this reserve had little to do with character and more to do with Department of Indian Affairs' policies. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Breathing New Life into Treaties: History, Politics, the Law, and Aboriginal Grievances in Canada's Maritime Provinces
Ken Coates Agricultural History, Vol. 77, No. 2, Spring, 2003, pp. 333-354. Outlines Aboriginal peoples' struggle in the Maritimes for equal rights and their reliance on the land for economic, social, political and cultural survival. [Find offline items for Coates, Ken] More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Changes to the Native Economy of Northern Manitoba in the Post-Treaty Period: 1870-1900
Frank Tough Native Studies Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1984, pp. 40-66. Argues that the changes during this period were largely a result of transitioning from the fur trade, to an economy that was more diversified and commercialized. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Creation of Indian Reserves on the Canadian Prairies 1870-1885
D. Aidan McQuillan Geographical Review, Vol. 70, No. 4, October 1980, pp. 379-396. Examines government policy in the period 1870-1885 which forced both geographic redistribution and curtailed the traditional Aboriginal ways of life in the midst of rapidly changing ecological and economic conditions. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 4, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Demonstrating Success: The File Hills Farm Colony
Sarah Carter Prairie Forum, Vol. 16, No. 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 157-183. History of the "model" colony which was used to demonstrate the success of government policies aimed at assimilating Aboriginals into mainstream Canadian society. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
"Everything Promised Had Been Included in the Writing": Indian Reserve Farming and the Spirit and Intent of Treaty Six Reconsidered
Derek Whitehouse-Strong Great Plains Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 25-37. Looks at whether the promises and obligations of Treaty Six have been met. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indian Agriculture in the Fur Trade Northwest
D. Wayne Moodie, Barry Kaye Prairie Forum, Vol. 11, No. 2, Fall, 1986, pp. 171-183. Looks at the First Nations commitment to continue the tradition to hunt, fish and garden despite the introduction to modern agriculture by the government, European traders and missionaries. Discusses how First Nations agriculture remains native in character despite the attempts government officials, European traders and missionaries have made to convert them to farming. Discusses how First Nations agriculture remains native in character despite attempts by government officials, European traders and missionaries to convert them to farming. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
"The Last Buffalo Hunt" and Beyond: Plains Sioux Economic Strategies in the Early Reservation Period
Jeffrey Ostler Great Plains Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2, Spring, 2001, pp. 115-130. Description of the transition to reservation life faced by the Plains Sioux. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Numbered Treaties: Similar Means to Dichotomous Ends
Derek Whitehouse Past Imperfect, Vol. 3, 1994, pp. [25]-45. Argues that Aboriginals of the North-West Territories entered the treaty making process seeking to ensure cultural survival, while the government had the goal of assimilation. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Problems of Western Canadian Indian War Veterans After World War One
James Dempsey Native Studies Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1989, pp. 1-18. Article chronicles how government policies put First Nations veterans at a disadvantage compared to other veterans. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Roots of Agriculture: a Historiographical Review of First Nations Agriculture and Government Indian Policy
Bruce Dawson Prairie Forum, Vol. 28, No. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 99-115. Comments on the agricultural achievements of First Nations peoples, from pre-colonial times to date, on the Canadian Prairies. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Victim of Its Own Success: The Story of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Fair, 1910-13
Josh Clough American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2006, pp. 35-61. Argues that the success of the Native American fair is a rare example of a government program for Native Americans that was going in the right direction. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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