Blackfoot Legal Culture: Wrongful Injuries Law on the Canadian Blackfoot Reserves, 1880-1920
Theses
Author/Creator
Rob K. Omura
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1995.
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Looks at the expanded interest in tribal sovereignty and the reasons for becoming a framework for Indigenous issues.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.