Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada
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Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. This edition is aligned with the Saskatchewan provincial curriculum for History 30: Canadian Studies, Native Studies 10, and Native Studies 30.
Historical note:
Crosscurrents is a journal based in Saskatoon, with offices at 134 Avenue F South.