An in-depth study of government policy, Indian responses and the socio-economic condition of the reserve communities on the Canadian prairies in the post-treaty era. Specifically concerned with the failure of agricultural efforts on the part of Plains Indians on Western Canadian…
Despite repeated requests for assistance from Plains Indians, the Canadian government provided very little help between 1874 and 1885, and what little they did give proved useless. Although drought, frost, and other natural phenomena contributed to the failure of early efforts, …
In this book Warren Elofson argues that though they lived on different sides of the 49th parallel, the first cattlemen on the western Canadian prairies and in the state of Montana shared a common history. They both forged societies composed of a different considerable number of …
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In this book Warren Elofson argues that though they lived on different sides of the 49th parallel, the first cattlemen on the western Canadian prairies and in the state of Montana shared a common history. They both forged societies composed of a different considerable number of …
"Throughout the world, the cowboy is an instantly recognized symbol of the North American West. Legends of Our Times breaks the stereotype of 'cowboys and Indians' to show an almost unknown side of the West. It tells the story of some of the first cowboys - Native peoples of the…
"Throughout the world, the cowboy is an instantly recognized symbol of the North American West. Legends of Our Times breaks the stereotype of 'cowboys and Indians' to show an almost unknown side of the West. It tells the story of some of the first cowboys - Native peoples of the…
