Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.), University of Manitoba, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-295) and index.

Piapot's story -- Imperial policy and local "customs" -- The ties that bind: The Plains Cree -- From independence to wardship: 1870 to 1895 -- The Indian Act and Indigenous ceremonies: 1884 to 1895 -- Regulating sun dances and giveaways: 1896 to 1914 -- Responses to religious suppression: 1896 to 1914 -- Other forms of "objectionable customs": 1914 to 1940 -- Persistence, reason, and compromise: 1914 to 1940 -- A matter of religious freedom: 1940 to 1951.

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