| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 450 pages) : maps |
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Treaties language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-430) and index. |
| Contents |
Separate pasts -- Expectations and promises -- Early efforts in the United States, 1868-1871 -- Early efforts in Canada, 1876-1878 -- Negotiating the relationship: the Treaty of 1868, 1871-1875 -- Misunderstanding in practice: Treaty Six,1879-1884 -- The Treaty of 1868 and the peace policy, 1875-1876 -- Treaty Six and the Northwest Rebellion, 1885 -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: 1868 Treaty with the Sioux -- Appendix B: Treaties at Forts Carlton and Pitt. |
| Summary |
Broken Treaties is a comparative assessment of Indian treaty negotiation and implementation focusing on the first decade following the United States-Lakota Treaty of 1868 and Treaty Six between Canada and the Plains Cree (1876). Jill St. Germain argues that the "broken treaties" label imposed by nineteenth-century observers and perpetuated in the historical literature has obscured the implementation experience of both Native and non-Native participants and distorted our understanding of the relationships between them. As a result, historians have ignored the role of the Treaty of 1868 as the i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lakota Indians -- Government relations.
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Lakota Indians -- Government relations. |
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Lakota Indians. |
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Lakota Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Lakota Indians -- Treaties.
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Cree Indians -- Government relations.
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Cree Indians -- Government relations. |
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Cree Indians. |
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Cree Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Cree Indians -- Treaties.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Treaties.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: St. Germain, Jill, 1962- Broken treaties. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803215894 0803215894 (DLC) 2008053320 (OCoLC)268789899 |
| ISBN |
9780803224452 (electronic book) |
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0803224451 (electronic book) |
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9780803215894 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803215894 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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