Aboriginal and Colonial Geographies of the File Hills Farm Colony
Theses
Author/Creator
C. Drew Bednasek
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.
Looks at attempts to introduce self government on Federal Indian reservations using the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, the termination policy, and the Indian Claims Commission Act.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Disproves the commonly held belief that despite government efforts and assistance, reserve populations lacked the inclination or ability to farm.
Chapter five from The Prairie West as Promised Land edited by Chris Kitzan and R.D. Francis