A historically accurate study that takes no sides, this book is the first complete document of Treaties 8 and 11 between the Canadian government and the Native people at the turn of the nineteenth century. On the basis of those treaties, contested in the Mackenzie Pipeline debate, white fur-traders, trappers, and corporations gave themselves privileges of ownership with no regard to the Native claim and to the promise made to the Natives that they could live and hunt there "as long as the sun rises, as long as the river flows, as long as this land shall last."
Historian René Fumoleau has delved into church and government sources to afford a clear picture of the negotiations for the treaties beginning in 1870 and their aftermath up to 1939. With an Epilogue by Joan Barnaby, the documents discussed in the book speak for themselves, implying a host of questions with both historical relevance and enduring significance.
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- Includes bibliographical references: p. 513-522
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- 346.7104/32/08997
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- 21
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- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 1552380637 9781552382851
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- 2004 F85eb
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Table of Contents
- Contents 12
- List of Abbreviations 15
- List of Maps 16
- Foreword 18
- Preface 20
- Introduction 24
- CHAPTER I: The Old Northwest Territories, 1870–1895 32
- Government, 1870–1880 34
- New Transportation Routes, 1868–1895, and a New Economy, 1885–1895 39
- No Treaty – No Help, 1870–1889 43
- The North is Floating on Oil, 1888–1891 55
- CHAPTER II: Treaty 8, 1897–1900 64
- Introduction 66
- The Glitter of Gold Behind the Treaty, 1897–1899 67
- North West Mounted Police Patrols, 1897–1899 72
- Ottawa Prepares for the Treaty, 1897–1899 78
- Treaty 8 – Summers of 1899 and 1900 96
- Treaty 8 Negotiations 103
- Summary 138
- CHAPTER III: The Years Between the Treaties, 1900–1920 156
- Introduction 158
- Following Treaty 8 159
- Preparing Treaty 11 190
- Summary 210
- CHAPTER IV: Treaty 11 220
- Introduction 222
- Oil is King 224
- The Territorial Administration Emerges 229
- Ottawa Prepares the Treaty, 1920–1921 231
- "Conspiracy of Silence" 241
- Treaty 11 242
- Summary 302
- Conclusion 313
- CHAPTER V: The Years after Treaty 11, 1922–1927 330
- Introduction 332
- Treaty 11, 1922 333
- Trapping and Hunting, 1922–1929 346
- CHAPTER VI: A Decade of Desperation, 1928–1939 382
- Introduction 384
- The Flu Epidemic of 1928 386
- Problems for Both Governments 391
- Metis and Eskimos 396
- Pressure on Ottawa 400
- Hunting and Trapping: The Critical Years, 1928–1939 407
- Boycott at Fort Resolution, 1937 425
- Too Little, Too Late 429
- Summary 435
- CONCLUSION 442
- APPENDICES 448
- I: Dates relevant to Indian history and the treaties 450
- II: Affidavits signed by witnesses to Treaties 8 and 11 472
- III: Memorandum of Lawrence Vankoughnet, January 19, 1887 475
- IV: Testimony of Louis Norwegian, July 11, 1973 477
- V: Article in The Edmonton Journal, September 26, 1921 481
- VI: Bourget's Report, 1923 482
- VII: Eyewitness accounts of the 1928 flu epidemic 491
- VIII: Extracts from Charles Parker's 1928 report 496
- IX: Extracts from Charles Parker's 1930 report 506
- X: Memorandum of Bishop Breynat, November,1936 511
- XI: Canada's blackest blot, May 28, 1938 525
- XII: Excerpts from Bourget's 1930 report 539
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 544
- EPILOGUE 554
- INDEX 568
- A 568
- B 569
- C 570
- D 572
- E 572
- F 573
- G 576
- H 577
- I 578
- J 579
- K 579
- L 579
- M 580
- N 582
- O 582
- P 583
- Q 583
- R 583
- S 584
- T 585
- U 587
- V 587
- W 588
- Y 588
- Z 589
