List of Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgements; "Drawing/Erasing the Border"; Introduction; 1. "We have no spirit to celebrate with you the great [1893] Columbian Fair": Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes Respond to Canadian and United States Policies During the Nineteenth Century; 2. Cross-border Treaty-signers: The Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron Borderlands; 3. From Intercolonial Messenger to "Christian Indian": The Flemish Bastard and the Mohawk Struggle for Independence from New France and Colonial New York in the Eastern Great Lakes Borderland, 1647-1687
Summary
The First Nations who have lived in the Great Lakes watershed have been strongly influenced by the imposition of colonial and national boundaries there. The essays in Lines Drawn upon the Water examine the impact of the Canadian-American border on communities, with reference to national efforts to enforce the boundary and the determination of local groups to pursue their interests and define themselves. Although both governments regard the border as clearly defined, local communities continue to contest the artificial divisions imposed by the international boundary and define spatial and huma
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-340) and index
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