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Book SynopsisLiving with Strangers tells the story of the Sioux who moved into the Canadian-American borderlands in the later years of the nineteenth century. David G. McCrady's award-winning study crosses national boundaries to examine how Native peoples on both sides of the border reacted to the arrival of the Sioux.
Trade Review'In this intensively researched and tightly executed book, David McCrady illuminates important aspects of the much-neglected history of Sioux people living in the Canadian-American borderlands in the late-nineteenth century ... Living With Strangers not only makes a valuable contribution to the literature on the Sioux, it challenges all historians of North America to overcome the limitations of remaining on one side of the continent's national borders.' -- Jeffrey Ostler, Western Historical Quarterly 'There is much to compliment in Living with Strangers. It shifts the historical border focus from Canada-United States national studies by uncovering northern Sioux border history and explaining tribal relationship with the international boundary.' -- Richmond L. Clow, Journal of American History 'Living with Strangers serves as a valuable corrective lens to the national blinkers that limit some historians' vision. It suggests the need for further studies of Native peoples divided by European-imposed boundaries in North America and on other continents.' -- William A. Dobak, American Indian Culture and Research Journal 'This [book] will work well for courses on the Northern Plains, the North American West, and Native American/First Nations history. Especially useful for class settings will be the introductory and concluding chapters that spell out reasons to study comparative and transnational history ... [Living with Strangers] presents a deep sense of place and adds significantly to historians' growing understanding of the borderlands of the American and Canadian Wests.' -- Sterling Evans, American Historical Review
Table of ContentsCONTENTS List of Illustrationix Prefacexi A Note on Sioux Groups and Leadersxv1.Introduction: Partitioning Sioux History12.From Contested Ground to Borderlands, 1752-186283.The Dakota Conflict of 1862 and the Migration to the Plains Borderlands174.The Migration of the Sioux to the Milk River Country315.The Sioux, the Surveyors, and the North-West Mounted Police, 1872-1874496.The Great Sioux War, 1876-1877617.The Lakotas and Metis atWood Mountain, 1876-1881768.The Failure of Peace in Canada, 1878-1881869.Overview: The Northern Borderlands103 Notes115 Bibliography145 Index159
