Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Canadian Plains studies, 0317-6290 ; 65 |
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Canadian plains studies ; 65. 0317-6290
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Contents |
Indigenous Health, Environment, and Disease before Europeans -- The Early Fur Trade: Territorial Dislocation and Disease -- Early Competition and the Extension of Trade and Disease, 1740- 82 -- Despair and Death during the Fur Trade Wars, 1783-1821 -- Canada, the Northwest, and the Treaty Period, 1869-76 -- Expansion of Settlement and Erosion of Health during the HBC Monopoly, 1821-69 -- Treaties, Famine, and Epidemic Transition on the Plains, 1877-82 -- Dominion Administration of Relief, 1883- 85 -- The Nadir of Indigenous Health, 1886-91 -- Conclusion |
Summary |
Clearing the Plains shows how Canada's first Prime Minister instituted a policy of starvation to help clear the Plains for railway development, and how those detrimental effects against Aboriginal people continue today |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations -- History
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Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- Canada, Western -- History
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Indians of North America -- Diseases -- Canada, Western -- History
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Indians of North America -- Canada, Western -- History
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HISTORY / Native American.
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Colonization -- Health aspects
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Ethnic relations
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Indians of North America
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Indians of North America -- Diseases
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Indians of North America -- Government relations
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Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene
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SUBJECT |
Canada, Western -- Ethnic relations -- History
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Canada, Western -- Colonization -- Health aspects -- History
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Subject |
Canada
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Western Canada
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780889772960 |
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0889772967 |
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9780889772977 |
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0889772975 |
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