dc.contributor.author	Regular, W. Keith	eng
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-13T19:57:29Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-13T19:57:29Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	Neighbours and Networks explores the economic relationship that existed between the Blood Indian reserve and the surrounding region of southern Alberta between 1884 and 1939. The Blood tribe, though living on a reserve, refused to become economically isolated from the larger community and indeed became significant contributors to the economy of the area. Their land base was important to the ranching industry. Their products, especially coal and hay, were sought after by settlers, and the Bloods were encouraged not only to provide them as needed, but also to become expert freighters, transporting goods from the reserve for non-Native business people. Blood field labour in the Raymond area's sugar beet fields was at times critical to the functioning of that industry. In addition, the Bloods' ties to the merchant community, especially in Cardston and Fort Macleod, resulted in a significant infusion of money into the local economy. Keith Regular's study fills the gap left by Canadian historiography that has largely ignored the economic associations between Natives and non-Natives living in a common environment. His microhistory refutes the perception that Native reserves have played only a minor role in regional development, and provides an excellent example of a cross-cultural, co-operative economic relationship in the post-treaty period on the Canadian plains.	en_US
dc.description.refereed	Yes	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Regular, W. Keith. "Neighbours and networks: the Blood tribe in the southern Alberta economy, 1884-1939", University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta, 2009.	eng
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34607
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-55238-483-1
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/48927
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.publisher	University of Calgary Press	eng
dc.publisher.url	http://press.ucalgary.ca/	eng
dc.rights	Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	*
dc.subject	Kainai Indians–Commerce–History	eng
dc.subject	Kainai Indians–Economic conditions	eng
dc.subject	Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 (Alta.)–Commerce–History	eng
dc.subject	Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 (Alta.)–Economic conditions	eng
dc.subject	Indian business enterprises–Alberta–History	eng
dc.subject	Alberta–Commerce–History	eng
dc.subject	Alberta–Economic conditions	eng
dc.subject	Kainai Indians–History.	eng
dc.subject	Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 (Alta.)–History	eng
dc.title	Neighbours and networks: the Blood tribe in the southern Alberta economy, 1884-1939	eng
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