Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Leonard Elliott.
Current History, vol. 66, no. 392, 1974, pp. 177-181
Description
This article places the issue of the James Bay Project for the development of hydroelectric power into a historical and political perspective and discusses its effects upon the Aboriginals of Quebec.
Native People in Areas of Internal National Expansion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D.E. Sanders
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 1974, pp. 63-87
Description
Examines issues of native land claims affected by different projects like the Bennett Dame in the Peace-Athabasca Delta area.
Ned Laboucan Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ned Laboucan
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 75 year old man describes changes brought about by Treaty #8; promises of reserve at Prairie Lake; and confusion over treaty status of many northern people.
"No Basis For Argument": The Signing of Treaty Nine in Northern Ontario, 1905-1906
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John S. Long
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1989, pp. 19-54
Description
Article analyzes the historical and cultural background of Treaty Nine in northern Ontario.
North American Border Challenges: Terrorists/Drugs/Trade & American Indians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurence Armand French
Magdaleno Manzanarez
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Paper given at the Association of Border Studies - 1st World Conference, Joensuu, Finland, June 9 - 13, 2014. Reports on laws that have restricted cross-border movement.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Paul Powder Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Paul Powder
Alfred J. Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee is aged 71, non-treaty. He speaks of payment of money and goods to treaty Indians; and his understanding of treaty promises.
Peter Shirt Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Shirt
Abraham Burnstick
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gives his understanding of Treaty #6.
Pierre Cardinal Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Cardinal
Abraham Burnstick
Alexis Simon
Indian History Film Project
Description
Treaty 8 signing.
Pierre Labacane Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Labacane
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Labacane, a 55-yr. old member of Whitefish Lake band, explains the need for a reserve at Lubicon Lake.
Plain Talk 4: Treaties
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Presents the history of treaties between the Crown and First Nations of Canada.
Preliminary Analysis of Elders' Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rick Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
Brief summary and evaluation of the references to mineral rights in the Treaty 8 interviews.
A Primer on the Constitutional Duty to Consult
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
OKT Law
Description
Explains the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 to protect Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Prior to the Negotiations
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Louis Rain
Richard Lightning
Richard Price
Indian History Film Project
Description
An overall summary of Treaty #6, the hows and whys of the difference in interpretation between Indian and non-Indian, based on field interviews and historical documents.
Refugee Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Garrett Wilson
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 20-28
Description
Depicts U.S. Government policy betraying the Sioux people in the 1870s and 1880s.
Return of Eleven Wampum Belts to the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy on Grand River, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William N. Fenton
Ethnohistory, vol. 36, no. 4, Fall, 1989, pp. 392-410
Description
Examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding the 1988 return of the belts, the Iroquois sense of proper behaviour on the occasion and the mutually satisfying outcome for both parties.
Rev. John McDougall and the Duke of Connaught
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald B. Smith
Alberta History, vol. 65, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 2-12
Description
Discusses the Methodist minister, his close relationship with the Stoney Nakoda and their participation in Banff Indian Days, and describes the Duke's adoption ceremony.
The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Borrows
Michael Coyle
Kent McNeil
Julie Jai
Francesca Allodi-Ross ... [et al.]
Rosalie Tourongau Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rosalie Tourongau
Dave Capot
Dan McLean
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Tourongau, aged 67, describes the promises made in Treaty 8, and the way in which they were subsequently broken.
Samuel Giroux Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Samuel Giroux
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 97 year old man describes the promises made in Treaty #8 and how he feels they have been broken.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Shelter and Housing as Treaty Provisions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaties and Historical Research Centre, [Indian and Northern Affairs Canada]
Description
Looks at whether any clauses in treaties could be interpreted to apply to housing by using excerpts from treaty negotiations conducted for Treaty Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 6, as found in The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories by Alexander Morris.
Shooting Ducks Gets Fine for Whitehawk of Cote
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 8, October 1974, p. 27
Description
Maynard Whitehawk found guilty by magistrate at Kamsack, Saskatchewan, for illegally hunting ducks on Cote Reserve.
The Socioeconomic Impact of Indian Gaming on Kumeyaay Nations: A Case Study of Barona, Viejas, and Sycuan, 1982-2016
Theses
Author/Creator
Ethan Lawrence Banegas
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of San Diego, 2017.
Solomo Peyopiskos Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Solomo Peyopiskos
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 86-year-old gentleman discusses Treaty #10 and his understanding of the terms. The informant was present at the signing.
Solomon Beaver Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Solomon Beaver
Dave Capot
Dan McLean
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview discussing the boundaries of Wabasca Reserve, and Treaty #8 promises.
Study of Passes for Indians to Leave Their Reserves
Alternate Title
Bennett, B., "Passes for Indians to Leave Reserves"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
B. Bennett
Description
Cites many letters between government officials, NWMP officers and Canadian Army officers regarding passes and concludes these passes certainly existed. Passes came into existence after the 1885 resistance. Evidence of their use was only found in Treaty 4, 6 and 7 territories, and it cannot be certain they were used in every agency. Author states evidence indicates passes were used as late as the 1930s, but no sources are given.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Economic Development
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Thirty-nine of the sixty-nine elders interviewed from the Treaty 8 area mention the subject of economic development.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Education and Medicare
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Summary of concerns regarding promises made in Treaty #8, mostly about education and health care issues.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Hunting, Fishing, Trapping
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rick Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
A summary of various aspects of Treaty #8 including trapping, fishing and hunting rights.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Land and Land Surrenders
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
Summary of Elders Interviews -- Mineral and Other Resource Rights
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Support from Anthropological Sources
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
Summary, Treaty #8
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Eric Stamp
Indian History Film Project
Description
A number of summaries of various aspects of Treaty #8 including trapping, fishing and hunting rights and medicare.
A Syllabus for History after the TRC
Alternate Title
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Description
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history".
Current as of 2019.
T.A.R.R. Workshop -- Allan Wolfleg Oral Report
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses facts that have come to light in his interviews regarding Indian religion, land ownership, and attitudes to natives.
T.A.R.R. Workshop -- Louis Rain Oral Report
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area wereanxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.
T.A.R.R. Workshop -- Richard Lightning Oral Report
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
The speaker tells of the difficulties he has encountered in meeting with other Indians to discuss violations of Treaty #8.
"There Are No Shortcuts": The Long Road to Treaty 7 Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Tarisa Dawn Little
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Treaties and the Law
Alternate Title
The PLEA ; vol., 38, no. 3, 2019
Documents & Presentations
Description
General information on treaties in Canada.
Treaty ABC's Treaty Vocabulary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba
Description
Teacher resource.
Treaty Land Entitlement and Urban Reserves in Saskatchewan: A Statistical Evaluation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Uses the Community Well-Being Index, which combines measurements of income, education, housing and labour market participation, to evaluate whether participating First Nations have shown more rapid improvement than those who have not pursued the option.
Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia [Map]
Alternate Title
Statements of Intent to Negotiate Treaties Accepted by the British Columbia Treaty Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Community Infrastructure Directorate
Indigenous Services Canada
Description
Lists statements of intent to negotiate treaties accepted by British Columbia Treaty Commission as of November, 2017..
Treaty Number 4 Signed One Hundred Years Ago
Alternate Title
Treaty #4 Signed One Hundred Years Ago
Treaty Four Signed One Hundred Years Ago
Treaty No. 4 Signed One Hundred Years Ago
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lucille Bell
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 6, July 1974, pp. 20-21
Description
Remembering the signing on Sept. 15, 1874.
[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations and a Return to the Original Intent of the Treaty Relationship]
Alternate Title
McKercher Lecture Series
Wunusweh Lecture in Aboriginal Law ; 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Derek Nepinak
Description
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.
Turning Pages: Sheilla Jones and Sheila North on Let the People Speak
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Sheilla Jones
Sheila North
Michael Elves
Description
Sheilla Jones and Sheila North to discuss Let the People Speak: Oppression in a Time of Reconciliation. The pair have taken the ideas in the book and formed the Modernized Annuity Working Group.
Understanding the Indian Act
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Roger Jones
Douglas Sanderson
Description
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Voices of the File Hills Farm Colony
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheyanne Marie Irene Desnomie
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2017.