Lost harvests
Subtitle: Prairie Indian reserve farmers and government policy
By: Sarah Carter.
Series: McGill-Queen's series in native and northern studies ;; 3; McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;; 3.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Montreal; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- Prairie Provinces; Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Prairie Provinces; Indians of North America -- Prairie Provinces -- Government relations; Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century
Description: An in-depth study of government policy, Indian responses and the socio-economic condition of the reserve communities on the Canadian prairies in the post-treaty era. Specifically concerned with the failure of agricultural efforts on the part of Plains Indians on Western Canadian reserves. Includes photographs, diagrams and maps.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index.