Antiracist History & Theory

Fred Metallic – Treaty and Mi'gmewey

Makaila Q

Factsheet

Description

This factsheet describes the importance of extended family and the Mi’kmaq creation story on Mi'kmaq treaties. It explains the concept of “living treaty" in contrast to colonial treaty systems and discusses how those colonial systems have been used to undermine Indigneous intergenerational knowledge.

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References

  • Metallic, Fred. “Treaty in Mi’gmewey.” In Living Treaties: Narrating Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations, Edited by Marie Battise, 42-51. Sydney, NS: Cape Breton Press, 2018.

Source Authors

Fred Metallic

Events

Keywords

Accountability, Animals, Animals as Family, Ceremony, Colonial Law, Colonialism, Consensus, Consensus over Democracy, Ethical Relationships, Extended Family, Family, Giving Back, Gratitude, Indigenous Autonomy, Indigenous Creation story, Indigenous Diplomacy, Indigenous Sovereignty, Interconnectedness, Intergenerational Connectedness, Intergenerational Knowledge, kinship relations, Lessons on the Land, Living Treaty, Mi'gmewey, Mi'kmaq Creation Story, Mi'kmaq Language, Mi'kmaq Political Governance, Mi'kmaq Sovereignty Denial, Nature, Oral Tradition, Political Ecology, Reciprocity, Reframing Colonized Frameworks, Responsibility, Settler-Indigenous Relations, Supreme Court of Canada, Treaties with Animals and Land, Treaty History, Treaty Law, Treaty Relationship, Treaty-Making, Upholding the Land, Wampum Diplomacy, Youth