Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
2006
Abstract
The history of the Sioux people of the Northern Plains is complicated by the artificial boundary line between the United States and Canada. This division has prevented a complete and thorough treatment of Sioux history since most scholars focus on either the American or Canadian portions of the saga. David McCrady's Living with Strangers, however, fills this gap for the nineteenth-century portion of Sioux history. McCrady defines and develops a theory of borderlands and adroitly applies his ideas to the Sioux who ignored diplomatic boundaries and benefited from multiple illicit crossings. Native peoples were pragmatic, self-serving, and clever in manipulating the border and relating with both governments.
Comments
Published in GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY 26:4 (Fall 2006). Copyright © 2006 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.