Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada Contributor(s): Miller, J. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802095151 ISBN-13: 9780802095152 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | North American |
Dewey: 323.119 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 448 pages |
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Publisher Description: One of Canada's longest unresolved issues is the historical and present-day failure of the country's governments to recognize treaties made between Aboriginal peoples and the Crown. Compact, Contract, Covenant is renowned historian of Native-newcomer relations J.R. Miller's exploration and explanation of more than four centuries of treaty-making. The first historical account of treaty-making in Canada, Miller untangles the complicated threads of treaties, pacts, and arrangements with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Crown, as well as modern treaties to provide a remarkably clear and comprehensive overview of this little-understood and vitally important relationship. Covering everything from pre-contact Aboriginal treaties to contemporary agreements in Nunavut and recent treaties negotiated under the British Columbia Treaty Process, Miller emphasizes both Native and non-Native motivations in negotiating, the impact of treaties on the peoples involved, and the lessons that are relevant to Native-newcomer relations today. Accessible and informative, Compact, Contract, Covenant is a much-needed history of the evolution of treaty-making and will be required reading for decades to come. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, J. R.: - J.R. Miller is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of numerous works on issues related to Indigenous peoples including Shingwauk's Vision, and Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts its History, both published by University of Toronto Press. |