To share, not surrender : Indigenous and settler visions of treaty making in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia / edited by Peter Cook, Neil Vallance, John Sutton Lutz, Graham Brazier, and Hamar Foster.
2021
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To share, not surrender : Indigenous and settler visions of treaty making in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia / edited by Peter Cook, Neil Vallance, John Sutton Lutz, Graham Brazier, and Hamar Foster.
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Cook, Peter (Associate professor of history), editor.
Vallance, Neil, editor.
Lutz, John S. (John Sutton), 1959- editor.
Brazier, Graham (History scholar), editor.
Foster, Hamar, 1948- editor.
Vallance, Neil, editor.
Lutz, John S. (John Sutton), 1959- editor.
Brazier, Graham (History scholar), editor.
Foster, Hamar, 1948- editor.
Imprint
Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2021]
Description
xiv, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
1. Indigenous lands, imperial travels, and James Douglas / Adele Perry, page 29
2. Colonialism, law, and the social construction of humanity on Vancouver Island, 1849-64 / Laura Spitz, page 49
3. The imperial law of aboriginal title at the time of the Douglas treaties / Hamar Foster, page 92
4. The earliest First Nations accounts of the formation of the Vancouver Island (or Douglas) treaties of 1850-54 / Neil Vallance, page 123
5. SENĆOŦEN and Lekwungen texts of the Vancouver Island treaties / Neil Vallance, STOLȻEȽ John Elliott, Sr., and Elmer George, page 155
6. Huu-ay-aht t'ayii Ḥawi̓ł ƛiisǐn's land transaction with William Banfield / Emchayiik, Robert Dennis, Sr., and Kevin Neary, page 162
7. Land, First Nations, James Douglas, and the background to treaty making on Vancouver Island / Graham Brazier, page 187
8. The Rutters' impasse and the end of treaty making on Vancouver Island / John Sutton Lutz, page 220
9. The colony of British Columbia's unsurveyed land system / Sarah Pike, page 247
10. "The last Potlach" and James Douglas's vision of an alternative settler colonialism / Keith Thor Carlson, page 288
Reflections / Robert Clifford, Stephen Hume, and Maxine Hayman Matilpi, page 329.
2. Colonialism, law, and the social construction of humanity on Vancouver Island, 1849-64 / Laura Spitz, page 49
3. The imperial law of aboriginal title at the time of the Douglas treaties / Hamar Foster, page 92
4. The earliest First Nations accounts of the formation of the Vancouver Island (or Douglas) treaties of 1850-54 / Neil Vallance, page 123
5. SENĆOŦEN and Lekwungen texts of the Vancouver Island treaties / Neil Vallance, STOLȻEȽ John Elliott, Sr., and Elmer George, page 155
6. Huu-ay-aht t'ayii Ḥawi̓ł ƛiisǐn's land transaction with William Banfield / Emchayiik, Robert Dennis, Sr., and Kevin Neary, page 162
7. Land, First Nations, James Douglas, and the background to treaty making on Vancouver Island / Graham Brazier, page 187
8. The Rutters' impasse and the end of treaty making on Vancouver Island / John Sutton Lutz, page 220
9. The colony of British Columbia's unsurveyed land system / Sarah Pike, page 247
10. "The last Potlach" and James Douglas's vision of an alternative settler colonialism / Keith Thor Carlson, page 288
Reflections / Robert Clifford, Stephen Hume, and Maxine Hayman Matilpi, page 329.
Summary
"Too often, history and knowledge of Indigenous-settler conflict over land take the form of confidential reports prepared for court challenges. To Share, Not Surrender offers an entirely new approach, opening scholarship to the public and augmenting it with First Nations community expertise. The collection appraises the historical and present-day relevance of treaty-making in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The authors take us back to when James Douglas and his family relocated to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1849, critically tracing the transition from treaty-making in the colony of Vancouver Island to reserve formation in the colony of British Columbia. Informed by cel'an'en - "our culture, the way of our people" - this multivocal work explicitly addresses the tensions between academic research, Indigenous knowledge, and local experience. The collection includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENĆOŦEN and Lekwungen languages, and contributions by participants of the Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples. The chapters demonstrate that the continuing inability to arrive at equitable land-sharing arrangements stem from a fundamental absence of will with respect to accommodating First Nations world views. To Share, Not Surrender is an attempt to understand why, and thus to advance the urgent task of reconciliation in Canada."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued also in electronic formats.
Available in Other Form
Online version: To share, not surrender. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2021
Call Number
KIB1810 .T6 2021
Language
English
ISBN
9780774863827 hardcover
077486382X hardcover
9780774863834 paperback
0774863838 paperback
077486382X hardcover
9780774863834 paperback
0774863838 paperback
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