'As their natural resources fail': native peoples and the economic history of northern Manitoba, 1870-1930

Illustration, Figures, and Tables Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. 'To Look for Food Instead of Fur': Local Economies - Indian Bands and Company Posts 2. 'The Only Remedy Is the Employment of Steam': Reorganizing the Regional System 3. 'Dependent on the Company's Provisions for Subsistence': The Decline of Kihchiwaskahikanihk (York Factory) 4. 'To Be Shut Up on a Small Reserve': Geographical and Economic Aspects of Indian Treaties 5. 'Lands Are Getting Poor in Hunting': Treaty Adhesions in Northern Manitoba 6. 'Terms and Conditions as May Be Deemed Expedient': Metis Aboriginal Title 7. 'Go and Pitch His Camp': Native Settlement Patterns and Indian Agriculture 8. 'Nothing to Make Up for the Great Loss of Winter Food': Resource Conflicts over Common-Property Fisheries 9. 'A Great Future Awaits This Section of Northern Manitoba': Economic Boom and Native Labour 10. 'They Make a Comfortable Living': Economic Change and Incomes 11. 'Wait until Advancing Civilization Has So Interfered with Their Natural Resources': Surplus Labour, Migrations, and Stagnation 12. 'The Fish and Waters Should Be Ours': The Demise of Native Fisheries - Regulation and Capitalization 13. 'Civilizing the Wilderness Will Affect Us': The Demise of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Re-Emergence of Competition 14. 'And Now That the Country Has Gone Mining Crazy': Industrial Capital, Native People, and the Regional Economy Conclusion Appendices A. Fur Trade Productivity and Prices: Stagnation and Revival B. Summary of Treaty Terms (Written Version) C.