Treaties

Examines the impact the border policy has on First Nations people. First Nations people feel that having to possess a passport to cross the border is an insult and a violation of the Jay Treaty.

Lawyer speaks about the importance of knowing your Indigenous culture and being grounded in traditional teachings. Duration: 23:12.

Consists of an interview where he gives his recollections of the early treaty terms.

Thomas Major was one of the Metis involved in the early Metis organizations of the province.

Book review of: Those Who Fell From the Sky by Daniel P. Marshall. Scroll down to page 100 to find review.

Provinces feared that proposals to abolish the Indian Act, dissolve Dept. of Indian Affairs, and make Aboriginals full citizens would shift the financial burden without adequate compensation.

Three Indian men in ceremonial dress (buckskin adorned with beadwork; head dress and moccasins) on-lookers and tipi in the background. Probably taken in Carlton at a Treaty celebration.

A photograph of three Indian men in ceremonial dress (buckskin decorated with beadwork, head dresses). One non-Native man and two non-Native children in foreground. Probably taken in Carlton at a Treaty celebration.

Compares the shared history of English colonial intention and the different treaty interpretations between the three countries.

Describes how, during treaty negotiations, Euro-Canadian statesmen used religious terminology, presented the British monarchy in a divine manner, and enlisted well-known and respected Christian missionaries to impress upon the Natives that they understood the sacred dimensions of the treaties.

Outlines six stage treaty process and role of the Treaty Commission, and includes timeline of the process.

Presenter discusses three cases: Tsilhqot'in, Manitoba Métis Federation, and Daniels. Duration: 1:06:30.

Examines the use of fishing weirs on the Cowichan River and the assertion of Aboriginal rights to retain them.

Several topics are discussed: describes the acceptance by the Peigans of Treaty #7, and its effects on their way of life; compares U.S. and Canadian treaties and criticizes Canadian education of Indians; briefly describes some aspects of traditional ceremonies; and tells story of two spirits gambling for control of lands adjacent to Rockies.

Analyzes the Canadian Government's approach to modern treaties and concludes it is a one sided relationship.

Circular relating to the activities of Jules Sioui of Jeune Lorette, Quebec, who had called a meeting of Aboriginal persons to be held in Ottawa in June 1944. Members of that group succeeded in securing a meeting with the Minister of [Indian Affairs]. Sioui called for another meeting in Ottawa in June 1945. Circular found within folder titled Touchwood Hills - Correspondence and Ledger Sheets.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Questions commonly asked of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission about , Treaties, policy and law in relation to right of use and access.

Examines the shift towards equal partnership between federal, provincial and First Nations governments in British Columbia regarding health care services and implications for the rest of Canada.

Looks at hospitality, treaties and good relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Describes the contrasting approaches to water governance between First Nations and governments.

Provides evaluation of how forestry-related research involving Aboriginal peoples has responded to shift in Aboriginal research in Canada. Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale, which is vol. 10 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

Asserts that modern treaties are still a colonialist tool which perpetuates the oppression of the northern peoples of Canada.

Shows areas covered by Peace and Friendship, Southern Ontario, Robinson, Douglas, Williams, and numbered treaties.

Explains why treatiesand argeements to share territory, are important building blocks of modern Canada.

Lists and annotates resources available at the Centre. Current as 2012. Many of the resources are Saskatchewan based.

Overview of the Treaty making process and understandings between the Crown and First Nations.

Information on historical and modern treaties in Canada, treaty rights and the treaty relationship.

Book review of 2 books: The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, Including the Negotiations on which They Were Based by Alexander Morris. Canada: Indian Treaties and Surrenders From 1680 to 1890. The "Surrenders volume" is three parts; it includes the Crown's text of many pre-Confederation Treaties, while the "Morris reprint" contains the Crown's text of several Treaty texts and adhesions relating to western Canada, and some correspondence. All volumes are historical reprints.

Video reports that Canadian law recognizes treaties as solemn, sacred agreements that create legally enforceable obligations on behalf of the First Nations and the Crown. Duration: 33:08.

For use with Treaties and the Law: Teacher Resource Guide

Developed for use in Law 30 classes in conjunction with Treaties and the Law: Information Backgrounder.

Educational complement to special issue of Canada's History which contains lesson plans for use in both elementary and secondary classrooms.

Outlines the Treaty position followed during the Constitutional negotiations.

1972 workshop at the Cote Reserve where elderly people spoke about their loss of rights.

Reviews the history behind the signing of the treaties in Canada and determines they were negotiated on site and First Nations wishes were taken seriously.

Map showing the general boundaries established by various treaties negotiated with the First Nations Peoples in and around Alberta.

Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) Resource booklet includes timeline and recommendations for action.

Argues that the central issue of treaties is the land and the question of who had authority and jurisdiction over the land.

Discusses a series of Treaties between the Mohawk people with British and French authorities.

Includes the Crown's text of the Selkirk, Robinson-Superior, Robinson-Huron, and numbered Treaties 1 to 7 as well as many of the early supplementary adhesions to Treaty.

Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference. Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part. Total duration: 59:10.

Looks at how English literacy was a part of the drive to colonize and assimilate Indigenous peoples, and how support is needed for Indigenous controlled literacy demands.

Examines the use of treaties as a means to teach from and through in a classroom setting.

Examines arguments against the concept of Indigenous sovereignty and what all have in common, which is a refusal to relinquish power.

Treaty development in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States where colonization reduced the Indigenous population.

Brief introduction to Treaty 10.