The great Blackfoot treaties /
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,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Victoria, BC :
Heritage House,
[2015]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. Under the terms of Treaty Seven, the Blackfoot gave up all of southern Alberta in exchange for reserves based upon five people per square mile. The Great Blackfoot Treaties examines the c. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781772030808 1772030805 9781772030792 1772030791 |