Through the MacKenzie Basin: An Account of the Signing of Treaty No. 8 and the Scrip Commission, 1899

When Through the Mackenzie Basin was published in 1908, it became an immediate success as an adventure book on the unsettled regions of Northwest Canada. Many of the issues the book addresses are still topical and contentious, a century after the signing of Treaty 8. In this new edition, David Leonard's introduction puts Mair's work into its historical context, while Brian Calliou's introduction adds a First Nations perspective. Charles Mair's first—hand account of the siging of Treaty No. ...