Keith Ralston was a good archives companion. Numerous conversations
with Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Peter Usher, Victor Lywtyn, Dianne Newell,
and Carl Beal have helped me understand Native history.

The Department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan has
encouraged the pursuit of this type of research. Colleagues, visitors, staff,
instructors, and students have created a particular intellectual environment
around the department. A unique and interesting dialectic exists between
archival sources, upon which my research is especially reliant, and the poli-
tics of contemporary Aboriginal concerns. Past and present colleagues and
students from the department -- Howard Adams, F. Laurie Barron, Ron
Bourgeault, Maria Campbell, Leah Dorion, Kim Fraser, Larry Gauthier, Cheryl
Holst, Peter Kulchyski, Ron Laliberte, Tony Lussier, Peggy Martin-McQuire,
Jennifer McKillop, Miriam McNab, Trish Monture-OKanee, Maryanne
Morrison, Laurie Meijer-Drees, Kathy Nelson, Rodolfo Pino, Charlotte Ross,
Jack Smith, Winona Stevenson, John Thornton, and Jim Waldram -- have
been a source of enlightenment and encouragement.

This book would not have been possible without the understanding and
support of my wife, Amy Lam.

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