The Numbered Treaties: Similar Means to Dichotomous Ends

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  • Derek Whitehouse

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21971/P73S39

Abstract

This essay reflects the recent trend among historians to assign an active role to both the Indians of the North-West Territories and the government during the Numbered Treaty process. The aboriginal peoples and the Canadian government entered the Treaty negotiations hoping to achieve dichotomous ends. Concerned over white settlement and diminishing buffalo herds, the Indians sought to use the concessions granted them under the Treaties to ensure their cultural survival. The government, on the other hand, considered the Numbered Treaties a means of achieving the goal of their Indian policy, namely bringing about the assimilation of the Indian into Euro-Canadian society.

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Author Biography

Derek Whitehouse

Derek Whitehouse is currently enrolled in the MA (History) program at the University of Alberta, the same school from which he received his BA degree. He has received the Louis B. McKinney, Alberta Government Telephones, and Edmonton Northlands scholarships. Specializing in the Canadian West, his MA thesis will examine the Hudson's Bay Company's changing attitudes towards religion.

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Published

2008-02-20

How to Cite

Whitehouse, D. (2008). The Numbered Treaties: Similar Means to Dichotomous Ends. Past Imperfect, 3. https://doi.org/10.21971/P73S39

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