Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations and Maps ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. “Drawing/Erasing the Border” (2006), by Lorraine Trecroce. xii
6. Introduction xiii
7. “We Have no Spirit to Celebrate with You the Great [1893] Columbian Fair” 1
8. Cross-Border Treaty Signers 21
9. From Intercolonial Messenger to “Christian Indian” 43
10. The Anishinabeg and Mètis in the Sault Ste. Marie Borderlands 65
11. In the Shadow of the Thumping Drum 85
12. “Those Freebooters Would Shoot me Like a Dog” 115
13. Shifting Boundaries and the Baldoon Mysteries 131
14. The Baldoon Settlement 151
15. Nativism’s Bastard 175
16. Borders Within 191
17. The Grand General Indian Council of Ontario and Indian Status Legislation 205
18. “This is a Pipe and I Know Hash” 219
19. Notes 233
20. Bibliography 307
21. List of Contributors 339
22. Index 341
23. Books in the Aboriginal Studies Series 353