{"product_id":"the-cypress-hills-an-island-by-itself","title":"The Cypress Hills: An Island by Itself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith an abundance of buffalo, other game, and lodge pole pine, the hills straddling the Alberta\/Saskatchewan\/United States border were a natural gathering point for First Nations and Métis peoples. Their presence drew the Hudson Bay Company and American free traders, whiskey traders, and wolfers, resulting in a clash of cultures culminating in the 1873 Cypress Hills massacre, an armed ambush of a Nakoda camp by a group of drunken wolfers and whiskey traders. This event brought the Northwest Mounted Police to maintain peace in the west, and led to the creation of Fort Walsh, today a national historic site. Hildebrandt and Hubner uncover the history, stories, and people to establish a historical narrative of this significant region.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Hildebrandt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis known as both a poet and historian. A consultant on Aboriginal treaties, he is co-author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Gustavus Myers Award for outstanding work on intolerance in North America in 1997. He is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eViews From Battleford: Constructed Visions of an Anglo-Canadian West\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Hubner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas published numerous articles and book reviews, as well as being co-author of two editions of a book of the history and people of the Cypress Hills;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cypress Hills: The Land and its People\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1994) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCypress Hills: An Island by Itself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2007).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Purich Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48168968847523,"sku":"gmo1789924121984","price":10.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/7595\/8435\/files\/the-cypress-hills-an-island-by-itself_1.jpg?v=1789924129","url":"https:\/\/stretchfitq.shop\/products\/the-cypress-hills-an-island-by-itself","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}