A line of blood and dirt : creating the Canada-United States border across Indigenous lands

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"This book examines the creation and enforcement of the Canada-United States border from 1775 until 1939. Built with Indigenous labour and on top of Indigenous land, the border was born in conflict. Federal administrators used deprivation, starvation, and coercion to displace Indigenous communities and undermine their conceptions of territory and sovereignty. European, African American, Chinese, Cree, Assiniboine, Dakota, Lakota, Nimiipuu, Coast...

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Boundaries Social aspects United States

Canada Boundaries United States

Indigenous peoples Canadian-American Border Region Government relations

Indigenous peoples Canadian-American Border Region History

Indigenous peoples, Treatment of United States History

Indigenous, Treatment of Canada History

United States Boundaries Canada

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ISBN:

9780197528693

Description:

xv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Building borders
The Civil and Dakota Wars
New countries, old problems
Borders of stones, guns, and grass
Where it all went wrong
Borders of salt and rock
Blood and bones
The chaos of control
Higher than sight can reach
The borders of everyday life
Epilogue
Appendix

Control Number:

3082231

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