Peace, War, and Climate Change on the Northern Plains: Bison Hunting in the Neutral Hills during the Mild Winters of 1830–34

This article argues that the meaning of Alberta's “Neutral Hills” developed in the context of the periodic mild winters that adversely affected hunting in other areas of the plains and brought groups, even those at war, together in the same hunting grounds. In a region where Aboriginal oral tra...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of History
Main Author: Colpitts, George
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 2015
Subjects:
History
Nakoda
Plains Bison
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjh.ach.50.3.002
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spelling crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cjh.ach.50.3.002 2023-12-31T10:09:21+01:00 Peace, War, and Climate Change on the Northern Plains: Bison Hunting in the Neutral Hills during the Mild Winters of 1830–34 Colpitts, George 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjh.ach.50.3.002 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cjh.ach.50.3.002 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Journal of History volume 50, issue 3, page 420-441 ISSN 0008-4107 2292-8502 History journal-article 2015 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cjh.ach.50.3.002 2023-12-01T08:18:13Z This article argues that the meaning of Alberta's “Neutral Hills” developed in the context of the periodic mild winters that adversely affected hunting in other areas of the plains and brought groups, even those at war, together in the same hunting grounds. In a region where Aboriginal oral tradition was inextricably linked to the landscape, Niitsitapi (Blackfoot nations), Cree, Nakoda, and Saulteaux found the means to cooperate in seasonal hunting camps. Winter camps provided a context where critical exchanges of labour, oral traditions, and kinship shaped relations among nations, even those at war with each other in other circumstances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nakoda Plains Bison University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Journal of History 50 3 420 441
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