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Title: |
The Spirit of the Alberta Indian Treaties |
| Sub-title: |
Third Edition |
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| By (author): |
Richard Price |
| ISBN10-13: |
0888643276 : 9780888643278 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
236 |
| Weight: |
.370 Kg. |
| Published: |
The University of Alberta Press - January 1999 |
| List Price: |
20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Out of Print
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| Subjects: |
Social & cultural history : Alberta |
| 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. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Introduction; Canada's Northwest Indian Policy in the 1870s; Traditional Premises and Necessary Innovations; Two Views on the Meaning of Treaties Six and Seven; The Spirit and Terms of Treaty Eight; T.A.R.R. Interview with Elders Program; Interviews with Elders; The Saulteaux and the Numbered Treaties: An Aboriginal Rights Position?; Indian-White Relations in the Prairie West During the Fur Trade Period: A Compact?; Magnificent Gifts: The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of the Northwest 1869-76. |
| Reviews: |
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"(F)rom both official and aboriginal points of view, this collection probes the assumptions, attitudes and expectations that surrounded the negotiations and signings." Olive Patricia Dickason
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"(E)xcellent - a most balanced collection....I'm delighted that it is back in print, with a new introduction." Donald B. Smith, University of Calgary
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"This text has been cited twice by the Supreme Court of Canada, and it has now been expanded in its' 3rd edition. Very readable, it concentrates on the positions, different, of the First Nations and the government. Well balanced, its highlights are the memoirs of various elders and the Indian-White relations in the Prairie West during the fur trade period. A useful study for advocates settling land claims." The Barrister, Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association
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"Despite the Alberta base of this book it is a good reference text for lawyers in the field of land claims. It has been twice cited in landmark decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada. The authors set out the oral and the documentary perspectives on the treaties. Aside from the educational aspect it is, as they say, a good read." Ronald F. MacIsaac, Advocate
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