November 3-9 is Treaties Recognition Week, an annual opportunity to learn about the more than 40 Treaties and agreements that define the rights, responsibilities and relationships between First Nations and the federal and provincial governments. Browse these titles to learn more.
Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law: Kinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to Education by Leo Baskatawang
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— epitomized by, but not limited to, the horrors of the residential school system.
Grandfather of the Treaties: Finding Our Future Through the Wampum Co by Daniel Coleman venant
Grandfather of the Treaties explores the historical and ongoing relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations, starting with the foundational Wampum covenants made between early European settlers and the Haudenosaunee nation. Coleman reflects on his journey of understanding this complex relationship, catalyzed by an encounter with a police raid linked to an Indigenous land dispute.
Treaties by Simon Rose
Discusses treaties and the difficulties Indigenous peoples face while negotiating treaties with governments over the use of their land.
Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights, and Relationships by Val Napoleon et al.
A look at Indigenous conceptions of land and property, and how contradictions between the historic and the present have created competing versions of Indigenous law and practices.
