The Unchallenged Assumptions of Modern Treaty-Making

Bronwyn C.

A synopsis of Taiaiake Alfred’s chapter, “Modern Treaties: A Path to Assimilation?” It provides a critical analysis of "land claims" and presents "crown land" as a colonial fiction.

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References

Alfred, Taiaiake. Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Keywords

Canada's Colonial History, Colonial Exploitation, colonial fiction, Colonial settlement, Colonial Violence, Colonialism, Consent and Consultation, crown land, Decolonization, exploitation, Indigenous governance, Indigenous Sovereignty, Interrupting Colonial Narratives, Land and Power, land claims, Land Dispossession, Language and Power, Law Enforcement, Legal History, Ongoing Colonialism, ownership, racism, Racist Hierarchies, Settler Colonialism, Settler-Indigenous Relations, Treaties, unceded land

Locations

British Columbia, Canada

Themes

History