No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous
Shocking new research on 1800s land agreements between Canada and Indigenous peoples

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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No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous
Shocking new research on 1800s land agreements between Canada and Indigenous peoples

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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No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous

No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous

by Sheldon Krasowski
No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous

No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous

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Shocking new research on 1800s land agreements between Canada and Indigenous peoples

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780889775961
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Publication date: 03/02/2019
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Figures ix

Foreword Winona Wheeler xi

Preface and Acknowledgements XV

Introduction: The Numbered Treaties in Historical Context: "Our Dream Is That One Day Our Peoples Will Be Clearly Recognized as Nations" 1

Chapter 1 Treaties One and Two and the Outside Promises: "The Loyalty Which Costs Nothing Is Worth Nothing" 39

Chapter 2 Treaty Three: The North-West Angle Treaty: "I Take Off My Glove to Give You My Hand to Sign the Treaty" 87

Chapter 3 Treaties Four and Five: The Fort Qu'Appelle and Lake Winnipeg Treaties, 1874 and 1875: "The Treaties Should Be Canada's Magna Carta" 129

Chapter 4 Treaty Six: The Treaty of Forts Carlton and Pitt: I Want to Hold the Treaty We Made with the Queen" 175

Chapter 5 Treaty Seven: The Blackfoot Crossing Treaty: "The Great Spirit and Not the Great Mother Gave Us This Land" 235

Conclusion: As Long as the Sun Shines: "An Everlasting Grasp of Her [the Queens] Hand" 271

Notes 279

Selected Bibliography 317

Index 333

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