PPT-Problems Caused by Treaties

Treaties failed to meet the First nations needs in many ways but two are critical The First Nations peoples lost enormous amounts of land especially in southern Canada where the land is most productive. International Law Research. Global Perspectives on the Law. Law A508. May 2012. Overview. Basic introduction. Definitions, sources of law. Explore websites & other materials. Out of class research exercise will be distributed later this week. North America, prior to newcomers, was populated by many nations of people with different languages, cultures, religions, ways of life and traditional territories. . When . First Nations met with each other they negotiated alliances that were mutually beneficial. These alliances established peaceful relationships among them which included trade, passage, peace and friendship, and other obligations and responsibilities.. Before newcomers arrived in North America, many nations of people already lived here. . They had . different languages, cultures, religions, ways of life and traditional territories. . These first people . Allan Clear, Heather . Haase. , . Anistla. . Rugama. Harm Reduction Coalition, New York, NY. Harm Reduction and the International Drug Control System. International Drug Control System. Has its history in the 1912 Hague Opium Convention and the treaties negotiated after that in the League of Nations era. True.. And several First Nations people, such as Tecumseh, Chief John Brant, and John Norton, were very prominent in the battles. . After the War of 1812, the government needed First Nations to fight as military allies several more times. . more closely. Isaac Stevens. He wanted land for U.S. settlers. to live on.. There were some language . barriers between Natives and . Stevens’ negotiating team.. To get tribes to sign treaties, he often gave gifts, gave some leaders more authority than others,. Ss10 – Day 2. The Northwest in 1870. During the . 1870s, . control over the . Northwest . Territories transferred from the . HBC. to . Canada. But the region was simply too . large . for Canada to fully control it at the time. It was the French who first signed treaties with Canada’s aboriginal peoples.. At this time the French made treaties with the first nations as equals.. France and England were at war back in Europe. This war spilled into the new world; therefore, these treaties were often used to achieve military goals. The French made treaties with the Huron to help them fight the English, while England made treaties with the Iroquois to fight the French. The Huron & Iroquois were already enemies, therefore it made sense to made treaties with the opposing military powers.. Networking Meeting. November 2011. Why teach students about treaties?. “Treaty education is an important part of forging new ties. There must be an appreciation in the minds of the general public that Treaties are living, breathing documents that continue to bind us to promises made generations ago. This is why…government is committed to . Between 1927 & 1951 is was illegal for a First Nation to even hire a lawyer to negotiate with the government on their behalf.. The . gov’t. felt treaties set the First Nations apart from mainstream Canada.. Did . the Government . Sign . Treaties?. To obtain . land and resources to build the . railway. To create . farmland for immigrants . To . extend . Canadian territory to the Pacific. . To . claim . natural resources in northern Canada. “Killed some of them myself”. California Statue 133. An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians. 3. “Any person having or hereafter obtaining a minor Indian, male or female from the parents or relation of such Indian minor, and wishing to keep it, such a person will go before a justice of the Peace in his Township….”. “Killed some of them myself”. California Statue 133. An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians. 3. “Any person having or hereafter obtaining a minor Indian, male or female from the parents or relation of such Indian minor, and wishing to keep it, such a person will go before a justice of the Peace in his Township….”. . between. BRI . Countries. Prof. dr. Stef van Weeghel. Professor International Tax Law University of Amsterdam. Global Tax Policy Leader PwC. Chair Board of Trustees IBFD. Member Advisory Board BRITACOM.