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Indian treaty-making policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 / Jill St. Germain.

St. Germain, Jill, 1962- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780802035202
ISBN: 0802035205 :
Physical Description: xxii, 243 p., [9] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-233) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Treaty-making precedents and progress -- Treaty-making problems -- the context of treaty making -- The making of the Medicine Lodge, Fort Laramie, and numbered treaties -- The role of "others" in Treaty Making -- Reserves -- Civilization -- Buffalo preservation, hunting rights, and subsistence -- Ratification, Indian status, and treaty making -- Appendix I. Comparison of terms in American and Canadian treaties -- Appendix 2. Comparison of Terms in the numbered treaties -- appendix 3. Summary of terms in the treaties signed at Medicine Lodge Creek (1867) and Fort Laramie (1868).