HIST 3535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Treaty 9, Ethnogenesis, First Nations
9 Jun 2020
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9 reflects the often-contradictory interpretations of treaties between first. This is an oral agreement and it was signed in private meetings. Canada wants this and first nations want protection and assistance- was the agreement and the surrender wasn"t mentioned at all. To the canadian government, this treaty represents a surrendering of indigenous sovereignty, while the descendants of the cree signatories contend its original purpose to share the land and its resources has been misunderstood and not upheld. The film taught me about the treaties that the indigenous people have signed and what they are trying and have done to create equal rights between all canadians. The film also discussed what indigenous leaders are talking about to the government to try and get some of their rights back as well as discussing many vital issues that. June 8 being left out of the treaties: the m tis. Metis becoming left out of the treaty process 1870.
