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Commemorating the 148th Anniversary of Treaty 6

Every August 23rd since 2013, the City of Edmonton, alongside the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, have co-hosted Treaty 6 Recognition Day, a day to commemorate the anniversary of Treaty 6 and to recommit to building strong relationships as treaty people. Learn more about our shared history, treaty kinship and how to be a better treaty person with this list of 12 books and resources.

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12 items

  • Becoming Kin

    An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

    Krawec, Patty
    A primer on settle colonialism, this book is an invitation and a challenge to become better relatives to one another.
    BookMinneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2022] — 305.89707 KRA
  • Beyond Rights

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

    Blackburn, Carole, 1963-
    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…
    BookVancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2021] — 346.711 BLA
  • Restoring the Kinship Worldview

    Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth

    Jacobs, Donald Trent, 1946-
    A collection of 28 excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders that reflect the wisdom of Indigenous worldview precepts, accompanied by analysis
    BookHuichin, unceded Ohlone land aka Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2022] — 970.00497 JAC
  • Children of the Broken Treaty

    Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream

    Angus, Charlie, 1962-
    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…
    BookRegina : University of Regina Press, [2017] — 371.82997 ANG
  • BookCollingwood, ON : Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast, [2018] — J 323.119 ROS
  • Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law

    Kinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to Education

    Baskatawang, Leo
    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…
    BookWinnipeg, MB : University of Manitoba Press, [2023] — 370.89973 BAS
  • Treaty Words

    for as Long as the Rivers Flow

    Craft, Aimée, 1980-
    BookToronto : Annick Press, [2021] — J 342.71 CRA
  • 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…
    BookHamilton, ON : Buckrider Books, [2019] — 819.1154 RUF
  • Meeting My Treaty Kin

    a Journey Toward Reconciliation

    Menzies, Heather, 1949-
    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…
    BookVancouver : On Point Press, a UBC Press imprint, [2023] — 971.00497 MEN
  • 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…
    BookVancouver, British Columbia : Talonbooks, 2018. — 819.116 STE
  • Treaties, Lies & Promises

    How the Métis & First Nations Shaped Canada

    Brodbeck, Tom
    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…
    BookVancouver, BC : Ronsdale Press, [2024] — 971.200497 BRO