Treaty promises, Indian reality : life on a reserve

LeRat, Harold, 1930- author.

Book 2005

"The federal government promised to care for the Indians in perpetuity and in return, the normadic Indians would sign treaties, settle on reserves, and learn to be farmers. Many Indians, including those led by Chief Cowessess, camped and hunted in the Cypress Hills where there was plenty of game, water and wood. Forced out of the Hills by the government and driven by hunger to a reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Cowessess and his people were succ...

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ISBN:

9781895830262

Description:

160 pages : illustrations, facsimile, map, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Indigenous voices
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

About the Storyteller
Acknowledgements
Ancestors
1 An "X" Changes Everything
2 Leaving Those Hills Behind
3 Resistance
4 Warrior Farmers
5 Stolen Land, Broken Promises
6 Many rules
7 Priests and Pencils
8 Memories
9 Little Child's Legacy
Sorting it out
Notes
Index
About the Writer

Control Number:

2309917

Other Authors:

Ungar, Linda, 1952- author

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