Treaties

Book review of: Forging the Prairie West by John Herd Thompson.

Looks at the Berger Inquiry and the perspectives of First Nations communities on building the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Duration: 47:12.

Court transcript of a trial to determine the validity of certain treaties. Court proceedings conducted during the months of April to August of 1973.

Copies of pages in the Register of Land Purchases from Indians and additional pages recording other agreements made by the Hudson's Bay Company in Nanaimo and Fort Rupert, which were also known as the Douglas treaties.

Looks at Songhees history and eleven Fort Victoria treaties for 1850 and 1852 in which Indian title to lands between Sooke and Saanich were terminated.

Court transcript of a trial to determine the validity of certain treaties. Court trial conducted during April to August, 1973.

Historical look at early childhood education in the light of the impotance of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori self-determination movement.

Comparison of historical setting, policy, aboriginal rights, federal and provincial/state powers, and self-government.

An account of loss of treaty status and attempts to regain it.

This 62-year-old speaks of the history of Lesser Slave Lake Reserves; and gives details of the history of Swan River Reserve.

Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. File contains a photocopy of an essay by Ben Franklin written in 1784 called: "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America," taken from Chapter 40 of an unknown source.

Discusses the problems associated with anthropological research in court cases involving fishing in British Columbia.

Description of the scene at the signing of Treaty #6 ; interpretation of promises made.

Gives the history of the Frog Lake Reserve and the taking of and interpretation of Treaty #6.

Talks of Indian attitudes to treaty promises, reserves, missionaries.

Interviewee's father, from Peguis Reserve in Manitoba, was interpreter at Treaty #8. Discussion is about treaty promises and the sale of reserve lands.

Questions and answers about land claims, treaties, compensation and more.

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) whether descendents and former members of the Michel Band are entitled to be recognized as members under the Indian Act. ICC concluded Canada has no obligation to recognize or reconstitute the Band; ICC recommended the claim regarding invalid reserve surrenders be submitted to Specific Claims. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Looks at the history of Treaty Land Entitlement, the negotiations, and the conclusion. Total duration of four series: 68:21.

Resource for teachers, students and the general public dealing with treaties in Saskatchewan.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2004.

Analyzes the historical political and economic development in Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee based on the legacy of James Bay and the new economic development plan, The Plan Nord.

Book reviews of: From Recognition to Reconciliation by Patrick Macklem, Douglas Sanderson. From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer, Ken. S. Coates. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 150.

Book review of: From Rupert's Land to Canada edited by Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens and R. C. Macleod.

Book review of: From Treaties to Reserves by D. J. Hall.

Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates. Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.

Book review of: From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare by Helen Buckley.

Book review of: From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare by Helen Buckley.

Book review of: The Frontier Newspapers and the Coverage of the Plains Indian Wars by Hugh J. Reilly.

Reports on the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations plan to take the federal government to court to protect the treaty right to hunt.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

Discussion paper at the Chiefs Legislative Assembly suggests that the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations refocus efforts on Treaties and Treaty Rights.

Suggests that the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations should resort back to their original mandate of, among other things, protecting Treaty Rights. Article located by scrolling to page 5.

Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.

Keynote address by associate professor of Native Studies at York University. Duration: 1:05:11.

A discussion of Treaty 7: promises made and broken; and the traditional relationship of the Indian to his surroundings.

Interviewee was 6 years old at signing of Treaty 8. He describes the establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and the need for more reserve land.

Understanding of treaty promises; distribution of food, ammunition, etc. in earlier times; interesting accounts of home-made agricultural equipment (aswell as that supplied by Dept. of Indian Affairs).

Reveals a presidential administration that was determined to implement its own plan regardless of opposition voicing to humanitarian concerns or logical arguments.

Book review of: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism by Grace Li Xiu Woo. Scroll down to page 157 to read review.

Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller. Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.

Excerpt from Indian History and Claims: A Research Handbook v. 2 by Bennett McCardle.

Statement made by Minister of Indian Affairs, John Chretien, reversing the previous position of Trudeau's government.

Discusses the legal and constitutional duty to consult First Nations and accommodate their interests when Crown land and natural resource management decisions may adversely impact Treaty rights protected under the Constitution Act, 1982.

Comments on the commitment of the Government of New Brunswick to strengthen relationships with First Nations.

Reflects the guiding principals to be used in the consultation process to maintain the honour of the Crown in reconciliation talks.

Links to agreements with individual First Nations, transboundary agreements, First Nations without land claims agreements, and the Understanding the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement (The Green Book).