Mi'kmaq treaties on trial : history, land and Donald Marshall Junior / William C. Wicken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wicken, William C., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Micmac Indians--Fishing--Law and legislation.

Micmac Indians--Treaties.

Marshall, Donald, 1953--Trials, litigation, etc.

Treaties--Language.

Micmac Indians.

Fishing.

Physical Description:

xii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 The Mi'kmaq in 1726

25 November 1993, Halifax, Nova Scotia 19

1. The Mi'kmaq and Land 25

2. The Mi'kmaq Polity 40

Part 2 The 1726 Treaty

Article of Peace and Agreement: Annapolis Royal 1726 61

Reciprocal Promises Made by Captain John Doucett: 1726 63

21 November 1994, Antigonish, Nova Scotia 66

3. The Genesis of the 1726 Treaty: The Wabanaki

New England War of 1722-1725 71

4. The Languages of Communication 88

5. The 1726 Treaty and Utrecht 99

6. Establishing Laws, Establishing Relationships 118

7. British Politics and Treaty Making 140

Part 3 Renewing the 1726 Treaty

Treaty of Peace and Friendship 163

February 1996, Halifax, Nova Scotia 165

8. The Founding of Halifax: Re-interpreting the 1726 Treaty 169

9. The 1760-1761 Treaties 191

Part 4 The 1726 Treaty in History and Law

27 June 1996, Antigonish, Nova Scotia 213

September to November 1999 225

Contemporary map of the Atlantic region xiii

Treaty of 1726, dated 4 June 1726, showing Aboriginal signatures 22

Typescript copy of the Aboriginal signatures 23

Reciprocal promises made by the British to the Mi'kmaq 65

Aboriginal signatures on the 4 June 1726 treaty 155

Andrew Alex, put'us, with Mi'kmaq wampum belts 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

080200718X

0802076653

OCLC:

49641227