True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 9780773566378
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Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Maps
Introduction
Illustrations
PART ONE: THE ELDERS' EVIDENCE
1 Elders' Narrative of the Making of Treaty 7
Introduction
Blood Tribe
Peigan Nation
Siksika Nation
Stoney Nakoda Nation
Tsuu T'ina Nation
2 Pre-treaty Life of Treaty 7 First Nations
Social and Religious Life
Land Use and Way of Life
International Relations
3 The First Nations' Perspective on Treaty 7
What Did Treaty 7 Mean to the First Nations?
What Was Promised?
Oral History, Culture, and Language Issues
North-West Mounted Police in the Treaty Era
Boundaries Promised
The Signing of Treaty 7
The Concept of the Square Mile
Sharing Topsoil and Mineral Rights
4 Post-treaty Life of Treaty 7 First Nations
Government Policy
Missionaries
Schools
Reserve Life: "Work for Rations"
Land Surrenders
CPR on the Siksika Reserve
Surveys
PART TWO: THE HISTORICAL CANON AND ELDER EVIDENCE
5 Treaty 7 in Its Historical and Political Context
Introduction
Understanding Treaty 7
Context of Treaty 7: Some Considerations
Arrival of the Europeans
The Robinson Treaties
Western Canada Treaties 1–6
Aboriginal and Government Objectives in the Treaty Era
Canada's Indian Policy
The 1877 Prelude: The Example of Treaty 6
The Effects of International Events on the Making of Treaty 7
6 The Text of Treaty 7
"The Treaty with the Blackfeet; Number Seven"
7 A Narrative of Events at Blackfoot Crossing, September 1877
8 Analysis of Firsthand Accounts by Government Officials
Commissioner Alexander Morris
Commissioner David Laird
Father Constantine Scollen
Reverend John McDougall
The Official History of the NWMP
Hudson's Bay Company Trader Richard Hardisty
9 A Study of the Accounts of Treaty 7 by Hugh Dempsey
Crowfoot
Red Crow
"Treaty Research Report: Treaty Seven"
10 A Study of the Siksika by Lucien and Jane Hanks
11 Academic Arguments and Discussions on the Treaties Generally and Treaty 7 Specifically
Introduction
Academic Analysis
John Taylor
Canada's Post-treaty Relationship with the First Nations – A Fiduciary Position or Tutelage?
Mutual Obligations and Treaty 7
Written Work by Treaty 7 Elders Louise Crop Eared Wolf, John Snow, and Ben Calf Robe
Postscript: The Memorandum of R.N. Wilson
Conclusion
12 The Value of the Elders' Historical Testimony
PART THREE: BIOGRAPHIES OF ELDERS, INTERVIEWERS, TRANSLATORS, AND RESEARCHERS
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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