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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA PRESSISBN: 9781772841473

First Nations Agriculture in Manitoba, 1871 to 1971

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By Sarah Carter
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA PRESS
Release Date: September 23, 2026
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
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Pages: 498

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The history of First Nations agriculture in Manitoba Informed by the oral histories, speeches, petitions, and writings of Indigenous Peoples in Manitoba, and by Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) records, author Sarah Carter details First Nations' ancient history of agriculture and the impacts of federal and provincial policy on their agricultural practices during the century succeeding the signing of Treaty 1. Though shaped by the same broad contours of colonialism and resistance as other nations to the west, Indigenous agriculture evolved in ways unique to the First Nations of Manitoba. Over the 100 years examined in this study, First Nations insisted they wanted to farm and persistently called on their treaty partner to live up to their promises of assistance, despite continued neglect and policy-inflicted barriers (including confinement to small reserves with little arable land). Cropped exposes the stranglehold the DIA had on First Nations' land, resources, and livelihoods and shows the deep roots of First Nations agricultural knowledge.

Sarah Carter has dedicated her career to researching the North American West. In 2023 she was appointed to the Order of Canada and in 2025 was the inaugural recipient of the Canadian Historical Association's Francois-Xavier Garneau Prize, awarded for a sustained and exceptional contribution to the discipline of history.

Introduction Chapter 1 "A State of General Dissatisfaction": Treaties to the 1880 Chapter 2 Challenges, Obstacles, and a Few Advances with Continuing Contests Over Land: 1880-86 Chapter 3 Reserve Land Dispossession, Farming Challenges and Setbacks, and "Rudimentary" Agricultural Training at Residential Schools: 1896-1918 Chapter 4 "A Very Bad State" to "a Desolate Waste" to the Community Farm Experiment, Restrictions of Wartime Regulations, and the Return to Subsistence Farming: 1920-45 Chapter 5 "Finally I Decided to Give Up the Farming Business and Start Working for Other People": 1945-60 Chapter 6 Favouring a Few: From Cooperative to Corporate Farms and the "Consultant Binge": 1960s Conclusion: 100 Years from Treaty 1 Notes Bibliography

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