GEOG 2040Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Numbered Treaties, Treaty 1, Campbell Scott
13 Feb 2016
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Very important for outlining how the crown is going to go about treaty negotiations with the indians. Transfer only by authorized representative of aboriginal group. Public meeting for transfer (where ceremonies come into play) Aboriginal people not to be molested or disturbed in the territories not ceded or purchased. Shows the power the aboriginals have at this time. Largest gathering of indigenous nations and the british colonial government. Forms the second part of the treaty process begun with the royal proclamation of. The conflict of contradictory aims by colonists apparent as sovereignty is recognized, but the means to undermine indigenous nations are formalized. Very significant documents of treaty relationships between first nations and. Belts were as important and symbolic as treaty papers for the first nations. Canada is very much determined by this treaty process. The war of 1812: a turning point in the relationship. Colonial government no longer needed aboriginal nations as military allies.
