"[A] very important, fresh, and valuable work." -- Sarah Carter, author of Imperial Plots

"A valuable book.... It helps set the stage for the future." Literary Review of Canada

Between 1869 and 1877 the government of Canada negotiated Treaties One through Seven with the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains. Many historians argue that the negotiations suffered from cultural misunderstandings between the treaty commissioners and Indigenous chiefs, but newly uncovered eyewitness accounts show that the Canadian government had a strategic plan to deceive over the "surrender clause" and land sharing. According to Sheldon Krasowski's research, Canada understood that the Cree, Anishnabeg, Saulteaux, Assiniboine, Siksika, Piikani, Kainaa, Stoney and Tsuu T'ina nations wanted to share the land with newcomers—with conditions—but were misled over governance, reserved lands, and resource sharing. Exposing the government chicanery at the heart of the negotiations, No Surrender demonstrates that the land remains Indigenous.
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A provocative claim that Indigenous people did not "surrender" their land in Canada's numbered Treaty negotiations.
CONTENTS

List of Maps and Figures
Foreword by Winona Wheeler
Preface and Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION: The Numbered Treaties in Historical Context:
“Our Dream Is That One Day Our Peoples Will Be ClearlyRecognized as Nations”
CHAPTER 1: Treaties One and Two and the Outside Promises:
“The Loyalty Which Costs Nothing Is Worth Nothing”
CHAPTER 2: Treaty Three: The North-West Angle Treaty:
“I Take Off My Glove to Give You My Hand to Sign the Treaty”
CHAPTER 3: Treaties Four and Five: The Fort Qu’Appelle andLake Winnipeg Treaties, 1874 and 1875:
“The Treaties Should Be Canada’s Magna Carta”
CHAPTER 4: Treaty Six: The Treaty of Forts Carlton and Pitt:
"I Want to Hold the Treaty We Made with the Queen”
CHAPTER 5: Treaty Seven: The Blackfoot Crossing Treaty:
“The Great Spirit and Not the Great Mother Gave Us This Land”
CONCLUSION: As Long as the Sun Shines:
“An Everlasting Grasp of Her [the Queen’s] Hand”

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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Product details

ISBN
9780889776067
Published
2019-03-02
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Weight
740 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
153 mm
Thickness
13 mm
Age
01, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
392

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Biographical note

Sheldon Krasowski was born in Treaty Six Territory (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) and received a BA in Indigenous Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, an MA in Indigenous Studies from Trent University, and a PhD in History from the University of Regina. Sheldon currently lives in Treaty Seven Territory and works for Athabasca University.