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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Waiser, W. A.     Subjects     Land settlement -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations -- Land tenure -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations -- Claims -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations communities -- History -- 20th century.     Canada -- Politics and government -- 1896-1911.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Waiser, W. A.       by title:      Cheated : the Laurie...       by call number:      333.2 W143c     Search the Web     Waiser, W. A.     Land settlement -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations -- Land tenure -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations -- Claims -- History -- 20th century.     First Nations communities -- History -- 20th century.     Canada -- Politics and government -- 1896-1911.       MARC Display

Cheated : the Laurier Liberals and the theft of First Nations reserve land / Bill Waiser and Jennie Hasen. by Waiser, W. A. ECW Press, 2023 Call #: 333.2 W143c Subjects Land settlement -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.   First Nations -- Land tenure -- History -- 20th century.   First Nations -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.   First Nations -- Claims -- History -- 20th century.   First Nations communities -- History -- 20th century.   Canada -- Politics and government -- 1896-1911. ISBN:  9781770417489 (trade pbk) Description:  338 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The story of how Laurier Liberals took hold of the Department of Indian Affairs in 1896 and transformed it into a machine for expropriating Indigenous land. You won’t find the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves on a map of southeastern Saskatchewan. In 1901, the two Nakoda bands reluctantly surrendered the 70 square miles granted to them under treaty. It’s just one of more than two dozen surrenders aggressively pursued by the Laurier Liberal government over a fifteen-year period. One in five acres was taken from First Nations. This confiscation was justified on the grounds that prairie bands had too much land and that it would be better used by white settlers. In reality, the surrendered land was largely scooped up by Liberal speculators -- including three senior civil servants and a Liberal cabinet minister -- and flipped for a tidy profit. None were held to account. Cheated is a gripping story of single-minded politicians, uncompromising Indian Affairs officials, grasping government appointees, and well-connected Liberal speculators, set against a backdrop of politics, power, patronage, and profit. The Laurier government’s settlement of western Canada can never be looked at the same way again. Other authors:  Hansen, Jennie (Historian) Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 333.2 W143c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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