Compact, Contract, Covenant Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada

Name: Compact, Contract, Covenant Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada
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ISBN: 9780802095152

ISBN-10: 0802095151

ISBN-13: 9780802095152

Edition: 2009

Authors: J. R. Miller

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Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 5/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.80" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

J.R. Miller, a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan, is the author of many books and articles on Canadian history, including Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian/ White Relations in Canada (University of Toronto Press).



List of Maps


Preface and Acknowledgments



'There is no end to relationship among the indians': Early Commercial Compacts



'Trade & Peace we take to be one thing': Treaties of Peace, Friendship, and Alliance



'And whereas it is just and reasonable ...': The Royal Proclamation and the Upper Canadian Treaties



'From our lands we receive scarcely anything': The Upper Canadian Treaties, 1818-1862



'When they once come settlers will follow': Prelude to the Western Treaties



'I think that the Queen Mother has offered us a new way': The Southern Numbered Treaties, 1871-1877



'An empire in itself': The Northern Numbered Treaties, 1899-1921



'Get rid of the Indian problem': The Hiatus in Treaty-Making, 1923-1975



'Growing old at the negotiating table': Treaties and Comprehensive Claims, 1975-2008



'We are all treaty people': Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index