Description
Using the history of the Robinson Huron Treaty, this book is an Indigenous-newcomer relations study showing how the culmination of a long past, and especially of 19th and 20th century events, resulted in 21st century settlements involving first, a surrender of land, and subsequently restitution of $10 billion for annuity arrears.
The Robinson Huron Treaty deals with historical policy and treaties pertaining to Anishinaabe peoples who lived (and live) in a beautiful region primarily known today as cottage or vacationing country to both Canadians and Americans from southern cities. In northern Georgian Bay, Manitoulin Island has been home to Anishinaabe Odawa and other people for over a thousand years, while the village of Killarney saw settlement by Anishinaabe-European mixed ancestry people centuries ago. This book is about their past, namely how they negotiated and interacted with governmental actions designed to shape their lives.