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Office of the Treaty Commissioner
Bay 215-2553 Grasswood Rd East
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7T 1C8
Phone: 306-244-2100
Fax: 306-667-5654
Email: rgordon@otc.ca |
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Publications
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Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream is That Our Peoples Will One Day Be Clearly Recognized as Nations, was written by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt. This book examines the treaty relationship in Saskatchewan from past, present and future perspectives. Over 160 Elders contributed their understandings of the treaty relationship during the research process. Some of the Elders comments appear in print for the first time in this book. Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan is published by the University of Calgary Press.
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Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties, was written by Arthur J. Ray, Jim Miller and Frank Tough, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. These three scholars have assembled a book that details the foundation of the treaty relationship in Saskatchewan based upon archival, documentary, and historical records. The pressures and rationale that led to the treaties that exist within the present day boundaries of Saskatchewan (Treaties 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10) are carefully examined. Bounty and Benevolence is published by the McGill-Queens University Press. |
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Statement of Treaty Issues
"We are witnessing profound change in relations between the federal and provincial governments and First Nations in Saskatchewan. These changes are historic. A paradigm shift is occurring in our relations – from the paternalistic approach of the Indian Act, to a paradigm built upon the partnership of treaty relationships. We are charting a new course for relations between Treaty First Nation governments and other people in Saskatchewan, a course which requires us to take three steps: to acknowledge the mistakes and injustices of the past, as in the federal government’s "Statement of Reconciliation" (see below); to reaffirm our commitment to the historic treaties in Saskatchewan; and to build practical, forward-looking arrangements based on existing treaty relationships."
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