This book explores Treaties One through Seven between the Canadian government and Indigenous nations in the Great Plains. The book challenges the idea that cultural misunderstandings led to the treaties and argues that the Canadian government deliberately misled Indigenous nations over governance, reserved lands, and resource sharing.
This blog is an excerpt from a chapter in the book "Transforming the Wild", which will be published by the University of Toronto Press. The book is edited by Andrea Olive, Karen Beazley, and Chance Finnegan.
This document is an agreement between the federal and provincial (Manitoba) governments which summarizes the numbered treaties signed between 1871 and 1910. It outlines how Canada, Manitoba, and the TLEC will fulfill the land obligations promised to the Nations in these treaties.
This podcast that discusses the Decolonizing Water Project, which aims to help Indigenous communities become more water secure.
The Treaty Land Sharing Network connects farmers and other landholders with First Nations and Métis [...]
This video delves into the landmark case of 1999 - the Marshall Decision. This case [...]
This video continues the discussion on a decision make by the Supreme Court of Canada [...]
In this article, Anishinaabe scholar Leanne Simpson explains her nation's heritage of pre-colonial treaty-making. She [...]
This thesis situates the Tsilhqot’in Decision (2014) within the discourse of the politics of recognition [...]
Dr. Leroy Little Bear explains how the Buffalo Treaty came to be.