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Abstract: 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 eyewitness accounts show that the Canadian government had a strategic plan to deceive over the "surrender clause" and land sharing. According to Sheldon Krasowski's research, Canada understood that the Cree, Anishnabeg, Saulteaux, Assiniboine, Siksika, Piikani, Kainaa, Stoney and Tsuu T'ina nations wanted to share the land with newcomers--with conditions--but were misled over governance, reserved lands, and resource sharing. Exposing the government chicanery at the heart of the negotiations, No Surrender demonstrates that the land remains Indigenous. (from U of R Press website)

Contents: 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."

ISBN: 9780889776067

Accession Number: P2020-1

Call Number: 07.2 K85t

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Summary on University of Regina Press website

Websites

https://uofrpress.ca/Books/N/No-Surrender

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Unsettled expectations : uncertainty, land and settler decolonization

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Mackey, Eva

Publisher: Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing

Call Number: 07.2 M11u

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Author: Mackey, Eva

Publisher: Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: x, 224 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: First Nations; Canada; Politics; Land use

Abstract: What do local conflicts about land rights tell us about Indigenous-settler relations and the challenges and possibilities of decolonization? In Unsettled Expectations, Eva Mackey draws on ethnographic case studies about land rights conflicts in Canada and the U.S. to argue that critical analysis of present-day disputes over land, belonging and sovereignty will help us understand how colonization is reproduced today and how to challenge it. Employing theoretical approaches from Indigenous and settler colonial studies, and in the context of critical historical and legal analysis, Mackey urges us to rethink the assumptions of settler certainty that underpin current conflicts between settlers and Indigenous peoples and reveals settler privilege to be a doomed fantasy of entitlement. Finally, Mackey draws on case studies of Indigenous-settler alliances to show how embracing difficult uncertainty can be an integral part of undoing settler privilege and a step toward decolonization. (from Fernwood Publishing website)

Contents: Part one. Contact zones and the settler colonial present -- Introduction : settler colonialism and contested homelands -- 1. Genealogies of certainty and uncertainty -- 2. Fantasizing and legitimating possession -- Part two. Ontological uncertainties and resurgent colonialism -- Introduction : unsettled feelings and communities -- 3. Defending expectations -- 4. Settler jurisdictional imaginaries in practice : equality, law, race and multiculturalism -- Part three. Imagining otherwise : embracing settler uncertainty -- Introduction : treaty as a verb -- 5. "Turning the doctrine of discovery on its head" : the Onondoga land rights action -- 6. Creative uncertainty and decolonizing relations -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.

ISBN: 9781552668894

Accession Number: P2020-1

Call Number: 07.2 M11u

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Summary on Fernwood Publishing website

Websites

https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/unsettled-expectations

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The rebirth of Canada's Indians

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1977

Author: Cardinal, Harold

Publisher: Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers

Call Number: 07.2 C11t

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Author: Cardinal, Harold

Responsibility: Harold Cardinal

Publisher: Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 222 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: First Nations; Treaties; Education; Politics; History; History-Canada

Abstract: The story of the Indian peoples' fight for justice through the tunnels and mazes of bureaucracy. An affirmation of the Indian way of life, of the Indian religion, and a demand for acceptance of the Alberta proposal for a new Indian Act. Chapters cover the Indian Act, Indian organization, education, economic development and aboriginal rights. (from LAC entry)

Contents: A Canadian - what the hell it's all about; Make love not war - the changing role of Indian organizations; Organize or else - it's not enough to find a bad guy; The politics of poverty - how to survive in the democratic system; Economic development I - without all the crap and mythology; Economic development II - some of teh nitty is pretty gritty; Education I - with our heads in the clouds; Education II - always the prime topic; Education III - strangers in the classroom; Education IV - the need for legislation and funding; The Indian Act I - government by a bunch of bureaucrats, or Her Majesty pulled a fast one; The Indian Act II - moose meat beats bologna; The Indian Act III - time to get down to specifics; The Indian Act IV - to serve the people, not the government; The Indian Act V - the only good indian is a sleeping indian; Aboriginal rights - from a philosophical, religious viewpoint; The Treaties - the Queen's forked tongue; The claims - our children won't wait; Indian organization I - they breathe the same air; they drink the same water; Indian organizations II - we forgot to scalp the general; Indian organizations III - the war continues - Chretien rises from the dead; Integration and alienation - education and our childres; Earmarked for Indian education - raindrops kept falling on their heads; The education ferment - Cold Lake stands firm; A hell of a mess - no problem is insoluable; Wood, grass, stone - despair and rebirth

ISBN: 0888301251

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 07.2 C11t

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Author information

Websites

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/harold-cardinal

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Law's indigenous ethics

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Author: Borrow, John

Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press,

Call Number: 07.2 B63l

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Author: Borrow, John

Responsibility: John Borrow

Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press,

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: viii, 381 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: First Nations; History; Treaties; Education; Politics

Abstract: Law's Indigenous Ethics examines the revitalization of Indigenous peoples' relationship to their own laws and, in so doing, attempts to enrich Canadian constitutional law more generally. Organized around the seven Anishinaabe grandmother and grandfather teachings of love, truth, bravery, humility, wisdom, honesty, and respect, this book explores ethics in relation to Aboriginal issues including title, treaties, legal education, and residential schools. With characteristic depth and sensitivity, John Borrows brings insights drawn from philosophy, law, and political science to bear on some of the most pressing issues that arise in contemplating the interaction between Canadian state law and Indigenous legal traditions. In the course of a wide-ranging but accessible inquiry, he discusses such topics as Indigenous agency, self-determination, legal pluralism, and power. In its use of Anishinaabe stories and methodologies drawn from the emerging field of Indigenous studies, Law's Indigenous Ethics makes a significant contribution to scholarly debate and is an essential resource for readers seeking a deeper understanding of Indigenous rights, societies, and cultures. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Introduction -- Nitam-Miigiwewin : Zaagi'idiwin (gift one : love) ; Love : law and land in Canada's indigenous constitution -- Niizho-Miigiwewin : Debwewin (gift two : truth) ; Truth : origin stories, metaphysics, and law -- Niso-miigiwewin : Zoongide'iwin (gift three : bravery) ; Bravery : challenging the durability of terra nullius : Tshilhqot'in v British Columbia -- Niiyo-Miigiwewin : Dabaadendizowin (gift four : humility) ; Humility : entanglement, aboriginal title, and "private" property -- Naano-Miigiwewin : Nibwaakaawin (gift five : wisdom) ; Wisdom : outsider education, indigenous law, and land -- Ningodwaaso-Miigiwewin : Gwayakwaadiziwin (gift six : honesty) ; Honesty : legal education and heroes, tricksters, monsters, and caretakers -- Niizhwaaso-Miigewewin : Manaaji'idiwin (gift seven : respect) ; Respect : residential schools, responsibilities for past harms -- Conclusion: Nookomis's reconstitution.

ISBN: 9781487523558

Accession Number: P2020.08

Call Number: 07.2 B63l

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

https://utorontopress.com/ca/law-s-indigenous-ethics-1

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