The great Blackfoot treaties / Hugh A. Dempsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dempsey, Hugh A. (Hugh Aylmer), 1929-2022, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sihasapa Indians--Government relations.

Sihasapa Indians.

Sihasapa Indians--Treaties.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015

Place of Publication:

Victoria [British Columbia] : Heritage House Publishing, [2015]

Summary:

"The expansive ancestral territory of the Blackfoot Nation ranged from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta to the Missouri River in Montana and from the Rocky Mountains east to the Cypress Hills. This buffalo-rich land sustained the Blackfoot for generations until the arrival of whiskey traders, unscrupulous wolfers, smallpox epidemics, and the encroachment of white settlers on traditional hunting grounds. These factors led to widespread poverty and demoralization, forcing the Blackfoot to appeal to the Canadian government for protection. The result of this appeal was Treaty Seven, one of eleven numbered treaties signed across western Canada between 1871 and 1921. Under its terms, the Blackfoot gave up all of southern Alberta in exchange for reserves based upon five people per square mile. In practice, the treaty rendered the Blackfoot powerless and wholly dependent on the government. The Great Blackfoot Treaties examines the context and enormous impact of Treaty Seven, as well as other treaties affecting the Blackfoot during this time period."--Publisher.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

1. Tribal treaties

2. United States government treaties

3. The numbered treaties

4. Prelude to Treaty Seven

5. Treaty seven, the Blackfoot Treaty, 1877

6. The aftermath

7. Establishing reserves

8. Understanding Treaty Seven

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.

ISBN:

9781772030808

1772030805

9781772030792

1772030791

OCLC:

940513227