Broken treaties [[electronic resource] ] : United States and Canadian relations with the Lakotas and the Plains Cree, 1868-1885 / / Jill St. Germain

• Autore: St. Germain Jill <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (485 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1197
• Soggetto topico: Teton Indians - Government relations; Teton Indians - History - 19th century; Teton Indians; Cree Indians - Government relations; Cree Indians - History - 19th century; Cree Indians
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Separate Pasts; 2. Expectations and Promises; 3. Early Efforts in the United States, 1868-1871; 4. Early Efforts in Canada, 1876-1878; 5. Negotiating the Relationship: the treaty of 1868, 1871-1875; 6. Misunderstanding in Practice: Treaty Six, 1879-1884; 7. The Treaty of 1868 and the Peace Policy, 1875-1876; 8. Treaty Six and the Northwest Rebellion, 1885; Conclusion; Appendix A: 1868 Treaty with the Sioux; Appendix B: 1876 Treaties at Forts Carltonand Pitt, Number Six ; List of AbbreviationsNotes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Broken Treaties is a comparative assessment of Indian treaty negotiation and implementation focusing on the first decade following the United States-Lakota Treaty of 1868 and Treaty Six between Canada and the Plains Cree (1876). Jill St. Germain argues that the "broken treaties" label imposed by nineteenth-century observers and perpetuated in the historical literature has obscured the implementation experience of both Native and non-Native participants and distorted our understanding of the relationships between them. As a result, historians have ignored the role of the Treaty of 1868 as the i
• Titolo autorizzato: Broken treaties
• ISBN: 1-282-13082-X; 9786612130823; 0-8032-2445-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454535403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II