By 1877, the Canadian government had negotiated most of the numbered treaties 1 through 7 with First Nations, covering vast portions of the Northwest Territories in present-day Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This paved the way for the development of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the advance...
As fate would have it, the first of these treaties took place under the shadow of the Manitoba Penitentiary at Lower Fort Garry on July 25, 1871, as the topics of law and punishment became central issues in the negotiations. In a report by the Indian Branch dated July 29, 1871, Adams ...
The same issue emerges when attempting to understand Indigenous-Crown treaties that follow Selkirk’s treaty in the West.The Numbered Treaties(Treaties 1-11, negotiated 1871–1921) are also said to have extinguished Indigenous title to the lands, turning it over the Crown—a claim that Indigenous...
Asch, Michael. On being here to stay: treaties and aboriginal rights in Canada. xi, 217 pp., map, bibliogr. Toronto: Univ. Press, 2014. $24.95 (paper)Picturing. People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer. 1997. 50 minutes. video directed by Carol Geddes and produced by Sally Bochner...
The first 90 pages integrate the historical information, treaties, routes and exchange offices, detailed maps, exchange office marks and much, much more. The next 224 pages are an exhibit format which cover not only Canada but also the Maritime Provinces. An 83 pages addenda list the treaties,...
By 1877, the Canadian government had negotiated most of the numbered treaties 1 through 7 with First Nations, covering vast portions of the Northwest Territories in present-day Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This paved the way for the development of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the advance...
Unique to Aotearoa New Zealand is the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the founding written agreement between representatives of the British Crown and some Māori leaders that outlined the settlement of Aotearoa and the protection of Māori traditional rights. Similar to historical treaties in Canada, the Tre...