This factsheet provides a comprehensive overview of the history leading up to the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Treaty of Niagara that was consolidated in 1764. The factsheet importantly highlights the Two Row Wampum Belt as a diplomatic convention used by First Nations to recognize a relationship based on interaction and seperation between the early settler society and First Nation societies that was negotiated and agreed-upon within treaty making processes.
Borrows, J. (1997). “Wampum at Niagara: The Royal Proclamation, Canadian Legal History, and Self-Government”. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equity, and Respect for Difference. Vancouver: UBC Press: pp. 155-172. https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=3412139