The Indian Commissioners: Agents of the State and Indian Policy in Canada's Prairie West, 1873 - 1932

by Brian Titley

Between 1873 and 1932, Indian policy on the prairies was the responsibility of federal government appointees known as Indian Commissioners. Charged with incorporating Native society into the apparatus of the emergent state, these officials directed a complex configuration of measures that included treaties, the Indian Act, schools, agriculture, and to some degree, missionary activity. In this study, Brian Titley constructs critical biographical portraits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888644892
• ISBN13: 9780888644893
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"