Category / Colonialism / Treaties
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EMPIRE: A Warring, Shitty Friend
Peace & Friendship Treaties: what are they and how were they used by Empires to appropriate land? One example of a P&F Treaty is the The Silver Covenant Chain, a complex set of alliances or agreements between the British Empire and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Seven Nations. These various treaties require(d) constant “polishing” to keep…
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The Power Of The Pen
I find it hard to remember some of the shock and outrage I felt at the beginning of this research as I began to discover the way Treaties have been brokered and upheld in this county “to the prejudice of the Indians.” I discovered that Robert Colquhoun had done more than just sign the 1809…
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Just Because I Can’t Find You Doesn’t Mean You Aren’t There
I am having a hard time finding an Indigenous presence anywhere in Prince Edward County. The closest present day community is the Mohawk of Tyendinaga. There is very scant mention of the Mississauga people who were in this region when Europeans first started to arrive. Apparently the first white Settler to come to Wellington, Daniel…
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I want to be a Treaty Person, but I suck.
PART 1: A Preamble to the Crawford Purchase What’s wrong with me? I want to be a Treaty Person, but I suck. Last April I felt like weeping when I realized it had been a year and a half and I still couldn’t explain the Crawford Purchase. This whole project began because I realized that…
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Some lace hats, some red cloth, but definitely no islands.
PART 2: The Crawford Purchase Explained (to the best of my knowledge) The Crawford Purchase happened because the Crown needed land to relocate all the Loyalists who had fought and lost the American Revolution. People lost lives, but they also lost land. Wheather owners or squatters they were no longer welcome. What isn’t mentioned in…
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Land Acknowledgement for the Nutfield Tract
An Acknowledgment in Four Parts – PREAMBLE: I was told that a traditional Land Acknowledgement could, would … possibly even should take 2 or 3 days because you need to thank every blade of grass, every tree, every dandelion, every seed … all the places those seeds may go to grow. As a visitor to…