The last of the horse wars: intertribal, cross-border warfare in southern alberta and northen montana territory, 1878-1893 ...
From 1883 until the autumn of 1889, Canadian Kainai (Blood Indians) waged cross-border warfare against American A’aninin (Gros Ventres) and Nakota (Assiniboine) of the Fort Belknap Agency in northeastern Montana. Enmity between these indigenous plains peoples had carried over from hostilities at the...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/28228 2023-11-05T03:40:20+01:00 The last of the horse wars: intertribal, cross-border warfare in southern alberta and northen montana territory, 1878-1893 ... Marsh, Christopher 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/28228 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/11023/182 en eng Graduate Studies University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Native American Studies Canadian Western History Native History Canadian-United States Borderlands Kainai Blood Indians A'aninin Gros Ventres Indians North West Mounted Police Intertribal Warfare Early Reserve Era article master thesis CreativeWork Other 2012 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/28228 2023-10-09T10:52:24Z From 1883 until the autumn of 1889, Canadian Kainai (Blood Indians) waged cross-border warfare against American A’aninin (Gros Ventres) and Nakota (Assiniboine) of the Fort Belknap Agency in northeastern Montana. Enmity between these indigenous plains peoples had carried over from hostilities at the end of buffalo days and was perpetuated due to a strong continuity of warrior and equestrian culture in the 1880s, which endured despite efforts of the Canadian Dominion Government to “civilize” their Blackfoot wards through Christianity and agriculture. The few historians who have studied this little known conflict have emphasized the success of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) in ending it. However, this thesis will demonstrate that NWMP efforts were often ineffective and the reasons behind the Kainai decision to end the hostilities were complex, encompassing environmental change and an independent modification of cultural ethos. This thesis illuminates this conflict, its causes, and its resolution. ... Master Thesis assiniboine Nakota DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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From 1883 until the autumn of 1889, Canadian Kainai (Blood Indians) waged cross-border warfare against American A’aninin (Gros Ventres) and Nakota (Assiniboine) of the Fort Belknap Agency in northeastern Montana. Enmity between these indigenous plains peoples had carried over from hostilities at the end of buffalo days and was perpetuated due to a strong continuity of warrior and equestrian culture in the 1880s, which endured despite efforts of the Canadian Dominion Government to “civilize” their Blackfoot wards through Christianity and agriculture. The few historians who have studied this little known conflict have emphasized the success of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) in ending it. However, this thesis will demonstrate that NWMP efforts were often ineffective and the reasons behind the Kainai decision to end the hostilities were complex, encompassing environmental change and an independent modification of cultural ethos. This thesis illuminates this conflict, its causes, and its resolution. ... |
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The last of the horse wars: intertribal, cross-border warfare in southern alberta and northen montana territory, 1878-1893 ... |
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