Title From treaties to reserves : the federal government and Native peoples in territorial Alberta, 1870-1905 / D.J. Hall

Published Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE FRAMING FEDERAL INDIAN POLICY, 1870 -- 77 -- 1. Shaping Canadian Indian Policy -- 2. Paradox of Agreement and Mutual Incomprehension: Treaties 6 and 7 -- pt. TWO IMPLEMENTING THE TREATY COMMITMENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF ALBERTA TO 1905 -- 3. Reserve Era to 1905: An Overview -- 4. Unravelling of a Relationship: The Troubled Transition to Reserve Life -- 5. "Making Men of Them": Economic Activity -- 6. Of High Hopes and Dismal Failure: Transforming the Children -- 7. "A National Crime"? The Problem of Indian Health -- 8. Indians' Hunting and Fishing Rights -- 9. Queen's Law: Indians, the North-West Mounted Police, and the Justice System -- Postscript -- Reflections -- APPENDICES -- 1. Federal Politicians and Civil Servants, 1867 -- 1905 -- 2. Indian Reserve Land Gains/Exchanges/Surrenders in the District of Alberta to 1 September 1905 Summary "Though some believe that the Indian treaties of the 1870s achieved a unity of purpose between the Canadian government and First Nations, in From Treaties to Reserves D.J. Hall asserts that--as a result of profound cultural differences--each side interpreted the negotiations differently, leading to conflict and an acute sense of betrayal when neither group accomplished what the other had asked. Hall explores the original intentions behind the government's policies, illustrates their attempts at cooperation, and clarifies their actions. While the government believed that the Aboriginal peoples of what is now southern and central Alberta desired rapid change, the First Nations, in contrast, believed that the government was committed to supporting the preservation of their culture while they adapted to change. Government policies intended to motivate backfired, leading instead to poverty, starvation, and cultural restriction. Many policies were also culturally insensitive, revealing misconceptions of Aboriginal people as lazy and over-dependent on government rations. Yet the first two decades of reserve life still witnessed most First Nations people participating in the region in reserve economies, many of the first generation of reserve-born children graduated from schools with some improved ability to cope with reserve life, and there was also more positive cooperation between government and First Nations people than is commonly acknowledged. The Indian treaties of the 1870s meant very different things to government officials and First Nations. Rethinking the interaction between the two groups, From Treaties to Reserves elucidates the complexities of this relationship."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2021) Subject Indian reservations -- Alberta -- History -- 19th century Indian reservations -- Alberta -- History -- 20th century Indigenous peoples -- Alberta -- Government relations -- History -- 19th century Indigenous peoples -- Alberta -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Indigenous peoples -- Government relations Indian reservations Alberta Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773597686 0773597689 9780773597693 0773597697

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