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Thoroughly researched, lucidly written ... Lost Harvests provides us with a Canadian perspective on Indian policy that has universal significance. Historians of the American West will find it fascinating not only because it is insightful and well-written, but because it contributes to the understanding of prairie imperialism in the late nineteenth-century. Robert W. Righter, Western Historical Quarterly Fascinating ... superb ... beautifully written ... By 1920, as is well-known, the condition of Indians throughout Canada reached a nadir. Carter's splendid work explains only too clearly how this happened. Boyce Richardson, The Beaver Sarah Carter takes a long, hard look at Canada's policies and native responses over the past century as they apply to western agricultural development. Her book succeeds in dispelling the myths of indolence and cultural inferiority that pervade attitudes towards the failures of native farmers. Daniel Ray, Edmonton Journal This tight, informative work will blow apart many misconceptions about the involvement of natives in agriculture, or rather, the lack of it ... The beauty of Carter's work is that one tends to forget the statistics -- though the numbers are provided -- and focus on the story of a people who tried, against all obstacles, to live off the land that belonged to them. Sarath Peiris, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Lost Harvests is a work of critical history that should withstand the blasts of even the most artful anti-critical criticism and, therefore, serve as an enduring model for anyone seeking a realistic approach to native policy in Canada. D.N. Sprague, Manitoba History

Fascinating ... superb ... beautifully written ... By 1920, as is well-known, the condition of Indians throughout Canada reached a nadir. Carter's splendid work explains only too clearly how this happened. Boyce Richardson, The Beaver Thoroughly researched, lucidly written ... Lost Harvests provides us with a Canadian perspective on Indian policy that has universal significance. Historians of the American West will find it fascinating not only because it is insightful and well-written, but because it contributes to the understanding of prairie imperialism in the late nineteenth-century. Robert W. Righter, Western Historical Quarterly Sarah Carter takes a long, hard look at Canada's policies and native responses over the past century as they apply to western agricultural development. Her book succeeds in dispelling the myths of indolence and cultural inferiority that pervade attitudes towards the failures of native farmers. Daniel Ray, Edmonton Journal This tight, informative work will blow apart many misconceptions about the involvement of natives in agriculture, or rather, the lack of it ... The beauty of Carter's work is that one tends to forget the statistics -- though the numbers are provided -- and focus on the story of a people who tried, against all obstacles, to live off the land that belonged to them. Sarath Peiris, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Lost Harvests is a work of critical history that should withstand the blasts of even the most artful anti-critical criticism and, therefore, serve as an enduring model for anyone seeking a realistic approach to native policy in Canada. D.N. Sprague, Manitoba History

Thoroughly researched, lucidly written ... Lost Harvests provides us with a Canadian perspective on Indian policy that has universal significance. Historians of the American West will find it fascinating not only because it is insightful and well-written Fascinating ... superb ... beautifully written ... By 1920, as is well-known, the condition of Indians throughout Canada reached a nadir. Carter's splendid work explains only too clearly how this happened. Boyce Richardson, The Beaver Sarah Carter takes a long, hard look at Canada's policies and native responses over the past century as they apply to western agricultural development. Her book succeeds in dispelling the myths of indolence and cultural inferiority that pervade attitudes towards the failures of native farmers. Daniel Ray, Edmonton Journal This tight, informative work will blow apart many misconceptions about the involvement of natives in agriculture, or rather, the lack of it ... The beauty of Carter's work is that one tends to forget the statistics -- though the numbers are provided -- and focus on the story of a people who tried, against all obstacles, to live off the land that belonged to them. Sarath Peiris, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Lost Harvests is a work of critical history that should withstand the blasts of even the most artful anti-critical criticism and, therefore, serve as an enduring model for anyone seeking a realistic approach to native policy in Canada. D.N. Sprague, Manitoba History

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Sarah Carter is professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair in the Department of History and Classics and the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

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