Cheated
The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land
Published on 3. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-77041-748-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cheated is 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. Waiser and Hansen analyze the politics, power, and patronage that First Nations faced.
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Edition
No Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
68 black and white halftones; 3 maps; iondex; bibliography; table of contents
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77041-748-9 (9781770417489)
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Historian Bill Waiser is the author of more than a dozen books, including A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan before 1905, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for nonfiction. He is also the recipient of the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media (the Pierre Berton Award). Bill lives in Saskatoon, SK.
Historian Jennie Hansen has been involved in numerous projects that investigate how nature was understood, appropriated, and administered under British imperialism. She lives in Saskatoon, SK.
Historian Jennie Hansen has been involved in numerous projects that investigate how nature was understood, appropriated, and administered under British imperialism. She lives in Saskatoon, SK.