Named "one of the most Important books of the twenty-first century" by the Literary Review of Canada and "Book of the Year" by The Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, the Writers' Trust, and booksellers across Canada, Clearing the Plains is the winner of the Sir John A. MacDonald Prize, the Clio Prize, the Aboriginal History Book Prize, and five Saskatchewan Book Award. This new edition contains an opening by Niigaan Sinclair, a foreword by Elizabeth A. Fenn, and contributions by leading scholars commenting on the book's remarkable influence.