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The Douglas Treaties were signed between 1850 and 1854 between 14 First Nations and the British colonists (the Hudson's Bay Company) in the southern portions of Vancouver Island. The First Nations involved understood the treaties as being about sharing or allowing use of their lands rather than as a land surrender.
► Read an article on the treaties, including Indigenous oral history
► Additional background here & here
Use this interactive map from http://native-land.ca to explore the treaties where you live.
► See also the article in the Canadian Encyclopedia on treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
► Treaties and treaty relationships issue of Canada's History
For use by faith and spirituality groups:
The-Word-Became-Flesh, Covenant and Kinship of All by Sr. Petite Lao.