Contents

1. Acknowledgements
2. ONE: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage “Fortress”
3. TWO: Customs Not in Common: The Monogamous Ideal and Diverse Marital Landscape of Western Canada
4. THREE: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous
5. FOUR: “A Striking Contrast... Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule” Plains Aboriginal Marriage
6. FIVE: The 1886 “Traffic in Indian Girls” Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce
7. SIX: Creating “Semi-Widows” and “Supernumerary Wives”: Prohibiting Polygamy in Prairie Canada’s Aboriginal Communities
8. SEVEN: “Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious”: Administering First Nations Marriage and Divorce
9. EIGHT: Conclusion
10. Appendix
11. Notes
12. Bibliography
13. Index