Lost Harvests : Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy.

Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Agriculture on Plains Indian reserves is generally thought to have failed because the Native peoples lacked either an interest in farming or an aptitude for it. In Lost Harvests Sarah Carter reveals that reserve residents were anxious to farm and expended considerable effort on cultivation; government policies, more than anything else, acted to undermine their success.

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