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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Figures
Preface
Introduction
1 Two Solitudes: Myth and Reality of the Plains Indian and Agriculture
2 The "Queen's Bounty": Government Response to Indian Agitation for Agricultural Assistance
3 The Home Farm Experiment
4 Assault upon the "Tribal" System: Government Policy after 1885
5 The Pioneer Experience: Prairie Reserve Agriculture
6 Prelude to Surrender: Severalty and "Peasant" Farming
7 Without a Leg to Stand On: Undermining Reserve Agriculture
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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