The Spirit of the Alberta Indian treaties

Price, Richard, 1942- (Added Author).

Summary: "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."

Record details

ISBN: 0888641230 :
ISBN: 9780888641236
Physical Description: print
xix, 202 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Publisher: Edmonton : Pica Pica Press, 1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: Montreal : Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1979.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1. The Treaty making process -- Canada's Northwest Indian Policy in the 1870's : traditional premises and necessary innovations / John Leonard Taylor -- Two views on the meaning of Treaties 6 and 7 / John Leonard Taylor -- The spirit and terms of Treaty 8 -- Pt. 2. Alberta Interpretations of the treaties -- T.A.R.R. Interview with Elders Program / Lynn Hickey, Richard L. Lightning, and Gordon Lee -- Interviews with Elders / Peter O'Chiese, Lazarus Roan et al. -- The Saulteaux and the numbered treaties -- An Aboriginal rights position / J. E. Foster -- Indian-White relations in the Prairies West during the Fur Trade Period -- a compact? / J.E. Foster.