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Book SynopsisPresenting an examination of the treaty-making policies of the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century, this book compares the major treaties negotiated in the United States with the Sioux, Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches and the Numbered Treaties concluded with the Crees, Ojibwas, and the Blackfoot in Canada.
Trade Review“St. Germain asks very important questions of her comparative subject.”—
Journal of American History"Jill St. Germain has successfully interwoven narrative and analysis of the treaty-making process between governments and Native peoples on both sides of the North American international boundary during the first decade of Canadian Confederation."—Ged Martin,
Canadian Journal of History"St. Germain's excellent study dispels the myth that Canadian policy was more enlightened than the U.S. approach."—
American Indian QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction Chapter 1. Treaty-Making Precedents and Progress Chapter 2. Treaty-Making Problems Chapter 3. The Context of Treaty Making Chapter 4. The Making of the Medicine Lodge, Fort Laramie, and Numbered Treaties Chapter 5. The Role of "Others" in Treaty Making Chapter 6. Reserves Chapter 7. Civilization Chapter 8. Buffalo Preservation, Hunting Rights, and Subsistence Chapter 9. Ratification, Indian Status, and Treaty Making Chapter 10. "Humane, Just, and Christian" Appendix 1. Comparison of Terms in American and Canadian Treaties Appendix 2. Comparison of Terms in the Numbered Treaties Appendix 3. Summary of Terms in the Treaties Signed at Medicine Lodge Creek (1867) and Fort Laramie (1868) Notes; Bibliography; Index
