The document compares the treatment of indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada in the late 19th century, as well as the development of two towns, one in Montana and one in Kazakhstan. In both countries, native lands were increasingly seized by colonizers, disrupting indigenous communities. While indigenous groups struggled against loss of territory in Canada and the US, by the late 19th century some began participating in the Canadian economy. The document also contrasts the parallel development of two towns, one in Montana along a railroad and one in Kazakhstan as a Soviet prison community.

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2. Indian Societies Under Siege in the United States and Canada The indians of this time were considered the “white man” They were a thread to the indians and seen as invaders to their society. They fought long and hard to keep the land they had lived on for decades. The Canadians continued to push the indians further west. This was damaging to the indian community. The struggles of the Indians were inflated by the constant control of the Canadians with their land. The end of this century proved difficult for the indians yet towards the later years the Indians because a successful part of the Canadian economy.

3. Conflicting Lives The author compares and considers communism and capitalism as a parralled ideology and both countries followed similar in paths and developments. This proved for destruction in both nations One of the towns in the US northwest was developed from a railroad community and the other town in Central Asia developed by the Soviet Union as a prison town. Both were developed to provide a purpose This shows how Montana is compared to Karaganda Kazakhastan