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Treaty Six Recognition Day

The City of Edmonton created Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day in 2013 to commemorate the signing of Treaty No. 6 between the Plains, Wood Cree, Nakota, Saulteaux and Dene people and the Crown at Fort Carlton on August 23, 1876. Edmonton was founded in Treaty No. 6 territory. Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day recognizes Edmonton’s connection with the First peoples of this land.

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  • Disinherited Generations

    Our Struggle to Reclaim Treaty Rights for First Nations Women and Their Descendants

    Carlson, Nellie
    This oral autobiography of two remarkable Cree women tells their life stories against a backdrop of government discrimination, First Nations activism, and the resurgence of First Nations communities. Nellie Carlson and Kathleen Steinhauer, who…
    Book, 2013Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2013. — 323.1197 CAR
  • With the assistance of writer Linda Ungar, Harold LeRat relates the history of the Cowessess people through stories told by elders and historical research, providing a look at the reality of many First Nations peoples as well as the development of…
    Book, 2005Saskatoon : Purich Pub., [2005] — 971.244 LER
  • Children of the Broken Treaty

    Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream

    Angus, Charlie, 1962-
    Exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history, inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman who wanted a decent education but was denied.
    Book, 2015Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2015] — 371.82997 ANG
  • The Reconciliation Manifesto

    Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy

    Manuel, Arthur
    Arthur Manuel discusses how the government should address the basic colonial structures that dominate and distort the relationship with Indigenous peoples before reconciliation can occur. He looks at the current state of land claims, the persistence…
    Book, 2017Toronto : James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers, [2017] — 305.89707 MAN
  • No Surrender

    the Land Remains Indigenous

    Krasowski, Sheldon, 1968-
    The author writes about the negotiation of Treaties One through Seven between the government of Canada and the indigenous peoples in Western Canada between the years 1869 and 1877.
    Book, 2019Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2019] — 971.200497 KRA
  • Clearing the Plains

    Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life

    Daschuk, James W. (James William), 1961-
    A look at the effects of disease and a government policy of starvation on the Aboriginal peoples of Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    Book, 2013Regina : University of Regina Press, [2013] — 971.200497 DAS
  • The Right Relationship

    Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties

    In The Right Relationship, John Borrows and Michael Coyle bring together a group of renowned scholars, both indigenous and non-indigenous, to cast light on the magnitude of the challenges Canadians face in seeking a consensus on the nature of treaty…
    Book, 2017Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017] — 971.00497 RIG
  • Indigenous Writes

    a Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada

    Vowel, Chelsea
    Thirty-one essays discussing various issues related to the Indigenous experience in Canada from the time of first contact to the present.
    Book, 2016Winnipeg, MB : HighWater Press, [2016] — 971.00497 VOW
  • 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…
    Book, 2019Hamilton, ON : Buckrider Books, [2019] — 819.1154 RUF
  • "This presentation is about the oral understanding of Treaty Six and the treaty-making in 1876 at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt, located in present-day Saskatchewan. There are no written notes for this talk, only my memory of those words spoken by the…
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  • Discusses treaties and the difficulties indigenous peoples face while negotiating treaties with governments over the use of their land. Children's non-fiction book.
    Book, 2018Collingwood, ON : Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast, [2018] — J 323.119 ROS