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No surrender : the land remains Indigenous /
"Between 1869 and 1877 the government of Canada negotiated Treaties One through Seven with the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains. Many historians argue that the negotiations suffered from cultural misunderstandings between the treaty commissioners and Indigenous Chiefs, but newly uncovered...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada :
University of Regina Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The numbered treaties in historical context : "Our dream is that one day our peoples will be clearly recognized as Nations"
- Treaties One and Two and the outside promise : "The loyalty which costs nothing is worth nothing"
- Treaty Three : The North-West Angle Treaty : "I take off my glove to give you my hand to sign the treaty"
- Treaties Four and Five : the Fort Qu'Appelle and Lake Winnipeg treaties, 1874 and 1875 : "The Treaties should be Canada's Magna Carta"
- Treaty Six : the Treaty of Forts Carlton and Pitt : "I want to hold the treaty we made with the Queen"
- Treaty Seven : the Blackfoot Crossing treaty : "The great spirit and not the great mother gave us this land"
- As long as the sun shines : "An everlasting grasp of her [the Queen's] hand."