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COMPACT, CONTRACT, COVENANT
ABORIGINAL TREATY-MAKING IN CANADA |
| By: |
J. R. Miller |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£61.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802097413 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802097415 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 January, 2009 |
| Pages: |
448 |
| Description: |
Compact, Contract, Covenant is renowned historian of Native-newcomer relations J.R. Miller?s exploration and explanation of more than four centuries of treating-making. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
25 photos, 12 maps |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |