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Many common place names have their origins in First Nations languages. This article gives the tribal origin and meaning of some places in the Northwest Territories which may be familiar to you.…Continue to Meaning of Northwest Territories Place Names
Many common place names have their origins in First Nations languages. This article gives the tribal origin and meaning of some places in the Yukon which may be familiar to you.…Continue to Yukon place names and their meanings
Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 is a Blackfoot Reserve located in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest Indian Reserve in Canada, and the second most populous.…Continue to Blood Reserve
Manitoba First Nation Elder Dave Courchene explains the origins and lessons of the First Nation Seven Teachings.…Continue to 7 Ojibway Teachings Free Video
From 1850-1854, Douglas negotiated a series of fourteen land purchases from the Aboriginal people at Fort Victoria, Fort Rupert, and Nanaimo. Like treaties in Central Canada from the same period, these treaties were simple land transactions.…Continue to 14 Douglas Treaties of 1850-1854
During the spring of 1850, Robinson made an exploratory trip through the proposed surrender lands around Lakes Huron and Superior. Robinson returned to the upper lakes in late August 1850 to negotiate a treaty.…Continue to The Robinson-Superior and Robinson-Huron Treaties of 1850
When Confederation was declared in 1867, it was widely held that lands in the Province of Ontario were all legally surrendered to the Crown through treaties. By the 1910s, however, concerns were being raised that some of the treaties were……Continue to Williams Treaties signed in1923 to 1950 settled conflicts from 1700s and 1800s treaties
After years of conflict in North America between the British and the French, the Treaty of Paris was signed on February 10th 1763. France cede its claim to colonial territories in North America, and Britain’s colonies began estabhishing peaceful relations……Continue to Upper Canada Land Surrenders 1763-1923
The Peace and Friendship treaties concluded in this period all followed a similar pattern. Their terms simply re-established peace and commercial relations. In these treaties, Aboriginal peoples did not surrender rights to land or resources.…Continue to Role of the Peace and Friendship Treaties (1725-1779)
First Nations agreed to sell lands of the Great Lakes to the British in exchange for their protection and the continued right to hunt and fish in the 1701 Albany Deed. In the fall of 1760, two treaties were concluded……Continue to Treaties of Peace and Neutrality (1701-1760)