Breathing life into the Stone Fort Treaty : an Anishinabe understanding of Treaty One

In Order To Interpret And Implement A Treaty Between The Crown And Canada?s First Nations, We Must Look To Its Spirit And Intent, And Consider What Was Contemplated By The Parties At The Time The Treaty Was Negotiated, Argues Author Aimée Craft. Using A Detailed Analysis Of Treaty One ? Covering What Is Today Southern Manitoba ? She Illustrates How Anishinabe Laws (inaakonigewin) Defined Treaty One Negotiations And Opened The Door To A ?gathering Of Spirit.? Those Laws Included The Obligations And Responsibilities That Derive From The Relationship To The Land, The Need To Wait For All Participants Before Negotiations Began In Order To Respect Their Jurisdiction And Decision Making Authority, And The Rooting Of The Treaty Relationship In Kinship, Including References To The Queen As A Mother. These Legal Concepts And Many More Are Examined In This Book With The Author Illustrating How The Terms Of Treaty One Were Defined By Such Principles. Anishinabe Laws (inaakonigewin) Defined The Settler-anishinabe Relationship Well Before The Treaty One Negotiations In 1871 ? For Example The Selkirk Treaty Of 1817 Which In Part Laid The Groundwork For Treaty One. While The Focus Of This Book Is On Treaty One, The Principles Of Interpretation Apply Equally To All Treaties With First Nations. --publisher's Description. Introduction : Treaty Interpretation And Implementation, Entwined Disconnection -- Pt. 1. What Came Before Treaty One -- Skilled Negotiators And Diplomats: The Anishinabe And Indigenous, Fur Trade, And Crown Treaties -- Manito Api, This Piece Of Land: Treaty Making With The Indians Of Manitoba -- Pt. 2. Making The Stone Fort Treaty -- The Anishinabe At The Stone Fort: The People That Belong To This Land -- Building On Stone Foundations: Relationships And Protocols -- Pt. 3. Anishinabe Inaakonigewin -- Gizhagiiwin: The Queen's Obligations Of Love, Caring, Kindness And Equality Among Her Children -- Land Cannot Speak For Itself: Relationships To And About Land -- Pt. 4. Living The Treaty -- Implementing The Treaty; Outside Promises And Post-treaty Disputes In The Immediate Post-treaty Years -- Re-kindling The Fire: Finding And Embracing The Spirit And Intent Of Treaty One Today -- Appendix: Treaty No. 1 Aimée Craft. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In Order To Interpret And Implement A Treaty Between The Crown And Canada’s First Nations, We Must Look To Its Spirit And Intent, And Consider What Was Contemplated By The Parties At The Time The Treaty Was Negotiated, Argues Aimée Craft. Using A Detailed Analysis Of Treaty One – Today Covering What Is Southern Manitoba – She Illustrates How Negotiations Were Defined By Anishinabe Laws (inaakonigewin), Which Included The Relationship To The Land, The Attendance Of All Jurisdictions’ Participants, And The Rooting Of The Treaty Relationship In Kinship. While The Focus Of This Book Is On Treaty One, Anishinabe Laws (inaakonigewin) Defined The Settler-anishinabe Relationship Well Before This, And The Principles Of Interpretation Apply Equally To All Treaties With First Nations. A comprehensive evaluation of how negotiations for Treaty One were shaped by Aboriginal Anishinabe laws