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@privatecitizenn I just went to a great conference on the actual signing of Treaty 1 at Lower Fort Gary in 1871. More enlightening was the timeline, and how those treaties were signed. If more of us knew the process that First Nations used to negotiate treaties, and what happenned with the Indian
@privatecitizenn Act, it would change everything. The Treaties were about sharing land, wealth, resources between two nations. And, most CDN's don't know this. They were made so that King George did not have to go to war after again after the surrender of France. They were done jointly.
@privatecitizenn The introduction of the Indian Act changed everything - and it was imposed upon a people that did not agree to it in any way shape or form. It took our First Nations into a realm where they were forced to become "wards of Canada". Treaty 1 was done honourably at the time -
@privatecitizenn but the Introduction of the Indian Act removed all honour from the process. Chief Peguis was so far ahead with the vision of where a treaty would take First Nations - that vision was simply not shared by those in the East that felt too much was given away via Treaty 1.
@privatecitizenn @threadreaderapp can you unroll please?
