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Teach Them to Till the Soil: An Experiment with Indian Farms 1850-1862

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverly Beeton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 299-320
An examination of Utah's experimental reservation-farm system which had the dual goals of confining the Ute population to a prescribed location and relieving settlers of any obligation to supply food.
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Tom Yellowhorn Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tom Yellowhorn
Albert Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Tom Yellowhorn, who is the son of Chief Yellowhorn -- Chief RedCrow was his uncle, describes cattle-raising on the Peigan Reserve.
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The Treaty Makers - Bull Head (Chula)

Alternate Title
Treaty 7: Past and Present
Treaty Seven: Past and Present
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Brief history of Chula, or Bull Head, who was the Chief of the Tsuu T’ina (Sarcee) First Nation when Treaty 7 was signed. Bull Head is remembered as an outstanding leader and pivotal player in Tsuu T’ina history.
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"We Must Farm to Enable Us to Live": The Plains Cree and Agriculture to 1900

Alternate Title
The Prairie West as Promised Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sarah Carter

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

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"We Will Make It Our Own Place": Agriculture and Adaptation at the Grand Ronde Reservation, 1856-1887

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracy Neal Leavelle
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 433-456
Article explores the phenomena of cultural resilience and resistance to assimilation on the Grand Ronde reservation, additionally considers those settler practices that were adopted and the cultural hybridity that came of that space.
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