All posts for the month May, 2011

Crown-Aboriginal Treaty Making in Glengarry and Beyond: From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement of 2011

Crown-Aboriginal treaty making has been fundamental to Canada’s legal, political and social evolution, including the non-Aboriginal settlement of Glengarry County starting in 1783. Although its ongoing legal effect is still debated, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 had lots to say about treaty making, including: And whereas it is just and reasonable, and essential to our […]