Treaties
Walking Together: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
[Learn Alberta]
Description
Excellent teacher resource includes links to information and videos about the following topics: worldviews, oral traditions, Elders, culture and language, kinship, Aboriginal and treaty rights, healing historical trauma, symbolism and traditions, connection to land, Indigenous pedagogy, well-being, and traditional environmental knowledge.
Related material: Talking Together: A Discussion Guide.
Wampum Belts with Initials and/or Dates as Design Elements: A Preliminary Review of One Subcategory of Political Belts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marshall Joseph Becker
Jonathan Lainey
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 25-45
Description
Discusses wampum belts, produced by tribes of the Eastern seaboard from 1600 to 1800, including their distinct beadwork styles, their functions and the practice of reuse of beads.
Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 17
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three youth make a video to celebrate Treaty Days in episode 17 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action! Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
War, Wampum, and Recognition: Algonquin Transborder Political Activism during the Early Twentieth Century, 1919-1931
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Leo Fisher
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [56]-79
Description
Discusses the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg's push for recognition of their traditional lands and treaty rights following the First World War in Eastern Canada through collaborations with Chief Richard and the Tuscaroras of New York.
We are All Treaty People: New Models for a Shared Future
Alternate Title
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Speaker focuses on the history of First Nations-settler relations and treaty-making in British Columbia.
Lecture given at the University of Victoria.
Duration: 38:55.
We are All Treaty People: New Models for a Shared Future
Alternate Title
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Speaker discusses the initial relationship between Aboriginals and Europeans, the motives behind the numbered treaties, the two parties' differing interpretations of the agreements, and the modern situation.
Lecture given at the University of Victoria.
Duration: 40:16.
We are All Treaty People: Redefining the Relationship
Alternate Title
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations traces history of treaty-making in Canada, with particular reference to Ontario.
Lecture given at the University of Waterloo.
Duration: 44:36.
"We Beg the Government": Native People and Game Regulation in Northern Saskatchewan, 1900-1940
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony G. Gulig
Prairie Forum, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 81-98
Description
Examines how the Federal and Provincial governments enforce fishing, hunting, trapping and gathering regulations and ignore treaty promises.
We Have Always Been Here: Rebuttal to the 2021 Nunatsiavut Government Report Entitled “Examining the NunatuKavut Community Council’s Land Claim”
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debbie Martin
Description
Report in question asserted that the Council's claim to be a distinct Southern Inuit people was groundless and therefore the group was not entitled to a land base or benefits from the federal government.
[Week 2 - History and Treaties in Mi'Kmai'ki]
Alternate Title
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Description
Stephen Augustine speaks about history, culture, traditions and ceremonies.
Lecture begins at 18:39.
Duration: 2:19:02.
[Week 3: Oral History, Traditions, and Ways of Knowing]
Alternate Title
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
David Wheeler
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Description
Stephen Augustine presents explanation of the treaty process for different treaties and negotiation for survival.
Duration: 2:33:38.
What Is It About Us That You Don't Like?
Alternate Title
The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Pt. 5
[2003 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Thomas King
Description
In speech, noted author uses a coyote story as a springboard for a discussion on European-Aboriginal relations throughout the history of Canada and United States. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 5.
Duration: 54:22.
What's in These Treaties? A Plain Language Guide to the Tsawwassen First Nation Treaty and the Maa-Nulth First Nations Treaty
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Treaty Commission
Description
Includes summaries of the two treaties and discussion of their common elements, explanation of the BC Treaty Process and the role of the Treaty Commission, a list of First Nations in treaty negotiations, and a timeline.
Whenever the Indians of the Reserve Should Desire It: An Analysis of the First Nation Treaty Right to Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vic Savino
Erica Schumacher
Manitoba Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1991-1992, pp. [476]-497
Description
Argues that the Federal government failed to live up to its obligations and used a narrow interpretation, which worked to its advantage, based on the written document, as opposed to the actual intent of those who signed the treaties but could not read them to ensure their best interests were being served.
Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Beverly Jacobs
Melina Laboucan-Massimo ... [et al.]
Description
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.
Why Treaties?: A Legal Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Description
Updated version includes three new court cases: Tsilhqo’tin Nation v. British Columbia, Hupacasath First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Cook v. The Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations: Educator Guide for Grades 6-12
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frank Bibeau]
[Priscilla Giddings-Buffalohead]
[Jim L. Jones]
[Jack Judkins]
[Nanette Missaghi]
[Amanda Norman]
[Dennis Olson]
[Ramona Kitto Stately] ... [et al.]
Description
For use with the virtual exhibition Why Treaties Matter.
William MacDonald Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William MacDonald
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Negotiations of Treaty #8 regarding promises made, and requests for reserve land at Fort MacKay.
William Okeymaw Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
William Okeymaw Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.
William Seeseewatum Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Seeseewatum
Roger Nanooch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee talks about the signing of Treaty #8, the establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park, and requests for a reserve at Garden River.
Willie Eagle Plume Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Willie Eagle Plume
Harry Shade
Indian History Film Project
Description
Includes an account of the signing of Treaty #7; allocation of lands;leasing land to Mormons; trust fund.
Workshop 12 Transcription Notes
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Smith Atimoyoo
Harry Broba
Choco Lachance
Ernest Tootoosis
Alex Bonaise
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.
Young Chippewayan Indian Reserve No. 107 and Mennonite Farmers in Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard Doell
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [165]-167
Description
Provides a historical overview of the events that led up to the Young Chippewayan people losing their land and how the Mennonites acquired it.
"Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea": Prairie First Nations, the British Monarchy and the Vice Regal Connection to 1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Carter
Manitoba History, no. 48, Autumn/Winter, September 1, 2004, pp. 34-48
Description
Discusses the relationship and understandings between First Nations and the British monarchy (Crown) in the context of Treaty.