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One: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage “Fortress”
Two: Customs Not in Common: The Monogamous Ideal and Diverse Marital Landscape of Western Canada
Three: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous
Four: “A Striking Contrast... Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule”: Plains Aboriginal Marriage
Five: The 1886 “Traffic in Indian Girls” Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce
Six: Creating “Semi-Widows” and “Supernumerary Wives”: Prohibiting Polygamy in Prairie Canada’s Aboriginal Communities
Seven: “Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious”: Administering First Nations Marriage and Divorce
Eight: Conclusion
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Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915
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