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1 Legally Framing the Plains and the First Nations

Shelley A.M. Gavigan

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Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents vii
Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 3
Legally Framing the Plains and the First Nations 24
“Of Course No One Saw Them” 50
“Prisoner Never Gave Me Anything for What He Done” 88
“Make a Better Indian of Him” 121
Six Women, Six Stories 156
Conclusion 183
Afterword 189
Notes 195
Bibliography 253
Index 268
Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 275
Law and Society 281

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Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents vii
Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 3
Legally Framing the Plains and the First Nations 24
“Of Course No One Saw Them” 50
“Prisoner Never Gave Me Anything for What He Done” 88
“Make a Better Indian of Him” 121
Six Women, Six Stories 156
Conclusion 183
Afterword 189
Notes 195
Bibliography 253
Index 268
Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 275
Law and Society 281

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