Bounty and Benevolence

by Tough, Frank J.; Miller, Jim R.; Ray, Arthur J.

• ISBN13: 9780773520233
• ISBN10: 0773520236
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

Arthur Ray, Jim Miller, and Frank Tough draw on a wide range of documentary sources to provide a rich and complex interpretation of the process that led to these historic agreements. The authors explain how Saskatchewan treaties were shaped by long-standing First Nations' Hudson's Bay Company diplomatic and economic understandings, treaty practices developed in eastern Canada before the 1870s, and the changing economic and political realities of western Canada during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ray, Miller, and Tough also show why these same forces were responsible for creating some of the misunderstandings and disputes that subsequently arose between the First Nations and government officials regarding the interpretation and implementation of the accords. Bounty and Benevolence offers new insights into this crucial dimension of Canadian history, making it of interest to the general reader as well as specialists in the field of First Nations history.

Author Biography

Arthur J. Ray is a professor of history at the University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Chronology	xix
Abbreviations	xxi
Illustrations following	xxii
Aboriginal-Hudson's Bay Company Relations before 1800	3	(18)
The Selkirk Treaty, 1817	21	(11)
Precedents from Early Eastern Treaties	32	(13)
The Rupertsland Transfer: Expanding the Dominion of Canada	45	(13)
Precedents from Treaties 1, 2, and 3	58	(29)
Saskatchewan on the Eve of Treaties	87	(18)
Qu' Appelle Treaty, or Treaty 4	105	(16)
Lake Winnipeg Treaty, or Treaty 5	121	(9)
Treaties at Forts Carlton and Pitt, or Treaty 6	130	(18)
Treaty 8	148	(22)
Treaty 10	170	(17)
Problems of Treaty Implementation	187	(17)
Reflections	204	(11)
Appendix: Data on Treaties	215	(40)
Notes	255	(30)
Bibliography	285	(10)
Index	295