First Nations, Native American, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Canadian, Civil Rights & Liberties 

"One of Canada's longest unresolved issues is the historical and present-day failure of the country's governments to recognize treaties made between Aboriginal peoples and the Crown. Compact, Contract, Covenant is renowned historian of Native-newcomer relations J.R. Miller's exploration and explanation of more than four centuries of treating-making. The first historical account of treaty-making in Canada, Miller untangles the complicated threads of treaties, pacts, and arrangements with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Crown, as well as modern treaties to provide a remarkably clear and comprehensive overview of this little-understood and vitally important relationship. Covering everything from pre-contact Aboriginal treaties to contemporary agreements in Nunavut and recent treaties negotiated under the British Columbia Treaty Process, Miller emphasizes both Native and non-Native motivations in negotiating, the impact of treaties on the peoples involved, and the lessons that are relevant to Native-newcomer relations today. Accessible and informative, Compact, Contract, Covenant is a much-needed history of the evolution of treaty-making and will be required reading for decades to come."--Pub. desc. 

Contents:
There is no end to relationship among the Indians : early commercial compacts -- Trade & peace we take to be one thing : treaties of peace, friendship, and alliance -- And whereas it is just and reasonable-- : The royal proclamation and the Upper Canadian treaties -- From our lands we receive scarcely anything : the Upper Canadian treaties, 1818-1862 -- When they once come settlers with follow : prelude to the Western treaties -- I think the the Queen Mother has offered us a new way : the Southern numbered treaties, 1871-1877 -- An empire in itself : the Northern numbered treaties, 1899-1921 -- Get rid of the Indian problem : the hiatus in treaty-making,1923-1975 -- Growing old at the negotiating table : treaties and comprehensive claims, 1975-2008 -- We are all treaty people : conclusion. 

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-360) and index.