Commemorating the 148th Anniversary of Treaty 6

Becoming Kin

An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

by Krawec, Patty

Book - 2022

A primer on settle colonialism, this book is an invitation and a challenge to become better relatives to one another. A primer on settle colonialism, this book is an invitation and a challenge to become better relatives to one another. Show less

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Beyond Rights

The Nisga'a Final Agreement and the Challenges of Modern Treaty Relationships

by Blackburn, Carole

Book - 2021

A look at the groundbreaking Nisga'a treaty, which came about after over one hundred years of Nisga'a people protesting, petitioning, litigating, and nego...Show more A look at the groundbreaking Nisga'a treaty, which came about after over one hundred years of Nisga'a people protesting, petitioning, litigating, and negotiating for recognition of their rights and land title. By including the three key elements of self-government, title, and control of citizenship, the treaty marked a turning point in the relationship between First Nations and provincial and federal governments. Show less

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Restoring the Kinship Worldview

Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth

by Jacobs, Donald Trent

Book - 2022

A collection of 28 excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders that reflect the wisdom of Indigenous worldview precepts, accompanied by analysis A collection of 28 excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders that reflect the wisdom of Indigenous worldview precepts, accompanied by analysis Show less

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Children of the Broken Treaty

Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream

by Angus, Charlie

Book - 2017

Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history....Show more Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history. The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman whom George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of "five teenage girls who kicked ass in history." All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country. Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes a dark, unbroken line that extends from Sir John A. Macdonald's time to today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada--through breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect--deliberately denied Indigenous children their basic human rights. Show less

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Treaties

by Rose, Simon

Book - 2018

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Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law

Kinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to Education

by Baskatawang, Leo

Book - 2023

A manifesto for the future of Indigenous Education in Canada. In Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law. Leo Baskatawang traces the history of the neglected treaty re...Show more A manifesto for the future of Indigenous Education in Canada. In Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law. Leo Baskatawang traces the history of the neglected treaty relationship between the Crown and the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3, and the Canadian government's egregious failings to administer effective education policy for Indigenous youth--failures epitomized by, but not limited to, the horrors of the residential school system. Rooted in the belief that Indigenous education should be governed and administered by Indigenous peoples, Baskatawang envisions a hopeful future for Indigenous nations where their traditional laws are formally recognized and affirmed by the governments of Canada. Baskatawang thereby details the efforts being made in Treaty #3 territory to revitalize and codify the Anishinaabe education law, kinamaadiwin inaakonigewin. Show less

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Treaty Words

For as Long as the Rivers Flow

by Craft, Aimée

Book - 2021

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Treaty #

by Ruffo, Armand Garnet

Book - 2019

A treaty is a contract. A treaty is enduring. A treaty is an act of faith. A treaty at its best is justice. It is a document and an undertaking. It is con...Show more A treaty is a contract. A treaty is enduring. A treaty is an act of faith. A treaty at its best is justice. It is a document and an undertaking. It is connected to place, people and self. It is built on the past, but it also indicates how the future may unfold. Armand Garnet Ruffo's TREATY # is all of these. In this far-ranging work, Ruffo documents his observations on life – and in the process, his own life – as he sets out to restructure relationships and address obligations nation-to-nation, human to human, human to nature. Show less

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Meeting My Treaty Kin

A Journey Toward Reconciliation

by Menzies, Heather

Book - 2023

Can Indigenous and non-Indigenous people live in a treaty relationship despite over 200 years of social, cultural, and political alienation? This is the c...Show more Can Indigenous and non-Indigenous people live in a treaty relationship despite over 200 years of social, cultural, and political alienation? This is the challenge of reconciliation -- and its beautiful promise. Twenty-five years after the Ipperwash crisis, writer and social activist Heather Menzies showed up in Nishnaabe territory in Southwestern Ontario, near where her forebears settled, hoping to meet her would-be treaty kin. She was invited to help document the broken-treaty story behind the crisis, as remembered by Nishnaabe Elders and other community members involved in reclaiming their homeland at Stoney Point. But she soon realized that even the most sincere intentions can be steeped in a colonial mindset that hinders understanding, reconciliation, and healing. In this thoughtful, sensitive, nuanced account, Heather Menzies shares her own decolonizing journey. Her story shows how a settler, through respectful listening, can learn what being in a treaty relationship might mean, and what changes -- personal and institutional -- are needed to embrace genuine reconciliation. Show less

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Treaty 6 Deixis

by Stewart, Christine

Book - 2018

How might poetic practices undermine racist ideologies and colonialism, engendering ecological attentiveness, and anomalous and compassionate communities?...Show more How might poetic practices undermine racist ideologies and colonialism, engendering ecological attentiveness, and anomalous and compassionate communities? Christine Stewart's Treaty 6 Deixis takes up these timely and pressing questions as it investigates what it means to be a non-Indigenous inhabitant of Canada's Treaty 6 territory, "in this city, on this land, in this country, on this planet, in a way that acknowledges and honours all my obligations and all my relations, the complex web of connective tissues that keep me here." Show less

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Treaties, Lies and Promises

How the Metis and First Nations Shaped Manitoba's Entry Into Canada

by Brodbeck, Tom

Book - 2024

This riveting account of the links between the Red River Resistance and the numbered treaties explores a largely unknown part of Canadian history. An e...Show more This riveting account of the links between the Red River Resistance and the numbered treaties explores a largely unknown part of Canadian history. An engaging, informative and essential account of how the Red River Resistance and the making of the numbered treaties are intrinsically linked. Through evocative details, journalist Tom Brodbeck brings to life pivotal events such as an armed insurrection; outdoor meetings held -29 C weather; a three-person delegation of negotiators from a remote community in Rupert's Land going toe-to-toe with Canada's most powerful politicians and First Nations chiefs negotiating their place in Canada under a dark cloud of presumed white, European superiority. Show less

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Copy of Treaty No. 6 Between Her Majesty the Queen and the Plain and Wood Cree Indians and Other Tribes of Indians at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt and Battle River, With Adhesions

by Canada

Book - 1957

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