Description: The myth of the Mounties as neutral arbiters between Aboriginal peoples and incoming settlers remains a cornerstone of the western Canadian narrative of a peaceful frontier experience that differs dramatically from its American equivalent. Walter Hildebrandt eviscerates this myth, placing the NWMP and early settlement in an international framework of imperialist plunder and the imposition of colonialist ideology.
Brief description:
Walter Hildebrandt is an historian and poet who worked for the Canadian Parks Service from 1978 to 1992. His books include The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Metis (1985) and The Cypress Hills: The Land and Its People (1994).