Title: The Spirit of the Alberta Indian treaties /
Authors: Price, Richard,
Date: 1999
Publisher: University of Alberta Press,
Physical description: xx, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC class: K
Abstract: "Government and First Nations leaders have tended to operate within two different systems of knowledge and perception regarding treaty rights issues in Canada. While First Nations emphasize the original spirit or intent of an agreement, government stresses the letter of the agreement." "The Spirit of the Alberta Indian Treaties has long been acknowledged as an authoritative source for both oral and documentary perspectives on Alberta treaties. It has been twice cited in landmark decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada since its original publication in 1979." "Expanded, and with a new introduction by Richard Price, this third edition supports a growing understanding between leaders of government and First Nations people in Alberta and Canada."--Jacket.
Contents: Canada's Northwest Indian policy in the 1870s : traditional premises and necessary innovations / John Leonard Taylor -- Two views on the meaning of Treaties Six and Seven / John Leonard Taylor -- The spirit and terms of Treaty Eight / Richard Daniel -- T.A.R.R. interview with Elders program / Lynn Hickey, Richard L. Lightening and Gordon Lee -- Interviews with Elders / Peter O'Chiese, Lazarus Roan, John Buffalo, Fred Horse, Pat Weaselhead, Camoose Bottle, Annie Buffalo, John Yellowhorn, Jean-Marie Mustus, William Okeymaw and Felix Gibot -- The Saulteaux and the numbered treaties / J.E. Foster -- Indian-white relations in the Prairie West during the fur trade period / J.E. Foster -- Magnificent gifts : the Treaties of Canada with the Indians of the Northwest 1869-76 / Jean Friesen.