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Book Review | The Journal of American History, 86.3 | The History Cooperative

Indians in the United States and Canada: A Comparative History. By Roger L. Nichols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. xvii, 383 pp. $60.00, isbn 0-8032-3341-8.)

The long border between the United States and Canada was created by the European invaders of North America, not by its indigenous peoples. However, that boundary has proven significant for several generations of Native North Americans, for on the two sides of the border they faced differing governments with distinct policies. Most studies of "Indian administration" focus exclusively on either Canada or the United States. Roger L. Nichols in this book admirably takes on the task of looking at both sides of the border. 1

This work deals primarily with what used to be called "Indian-white relations." Nichols attempts to describe the dealings of indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada with outsiders from the time of first contact. This attention to the colonial experience may be viewed by many as taking up a disproportionate space in this relatively brief volume; almost half the text describes events occurring prior to the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which one could argue formed the basis of government administration of Indian affairs in both the United States and Canada. . . .

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