ANT241Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Treaty 7, Northern Ontario, Pomorje
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Blank spaces on the map weren"t occupied by the natives; they were however used as hunting camps, etc. Many of the treaties signed, happened in 19th to 20th century, relatively late as compared to the contact with the. Europeans: only one-half of the lands of canada have been the object of a land cession or treaty. Half of the lands were never sold to canada by the natives: southern ontario had the earliest treaties, excluded now. Only half of the country was actually subjected to land cession. Quebec: new france or lower canada: british crown, and its predecessor the french crown understood that the natives were a separate community. They understood that the natives owned the land. Quebec had an early colony established there: french did not recognize indian title: they didn"t recognize that the indians owned the land which was under french possession.
