INTD 200 Lecture 17: INTD 200 October 26

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Darin Barney

Document Summary

Crees took quebec to court: got court in junction to stop james bay agreement: angered. Quebec realized they had a big problem: cree in quebec had a legitimate argument about ownership of land. Quebec negotiate with cree in 1994: came up with james bay agreement 1995. Recognition of province that crees have interest in the land, crees can profit from it and improve conditions of life. First of what people call modern-day treaties: not numbered or confederate first modern treaty. Lots of problems with this treaty, quebec didn"t live up to it always, james bay cree always in court with the province for decades. Miq maq: have sovereign right to fish too. Negotiated rights of indigenous peoples in quebec to recognize them as nations (now recognizes 9 nations) Seminal events in canadian history, the biggest indigenous/government of quebec confrontation in the last century. Town of oka: 9 hole golf course, wanted 18 hole into mohawk land.