Research Catalog

Title

The great Blackfoot treaties / Hugh A. Dempsey.

Author

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

Publication

• Victoria, BC : Heritage House, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

262 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 23 cm

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.

Alternative Title

Blackfoot treaties

Subjects

• Pieds-Noirs (Indiens) > Traités
• Pieds-Noirs (Indiens) > Relations avec l'État
• Sihasapa Indians > Treaties
• Sihasapa Indians > Government relations

Bibliography (note)

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

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Tribal treaties -- United States Government Treaties: Lame Bull Treaty, 1855 ; Unratified Treaty, 1865 ; Unratified Treaty 1868 -- The Numbered Treaties: Treaty One and Treaty Two ; Treaty Three ; Treaty Four and Treaty Five ; Treaty Six -- Prelude to Treaty Seven -- Treaty Seven, the Blackfoot Treaty, 1877 -- The aftermath -- Establishing reserves -- Understanding Treaty Seven -- Appendices.

ISBN

• 9781772030785
• 1772030783
• 9781772030808 (canceled/invalid)
• 1772030805 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781772030792 (canceled/invalid)
• 1772030791 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 909326900
• SCSB-12828363

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library