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The Vancouver Island treaties and the evolving principles of Indigenous title /

"The Vancouver Island Treaties and the Evolving Principles of Indigenous Title illuminates the history of the enigmatic Vancouver Island treaties of the 1850s, offering new interpretations based on a fresh, exhaustive, and multidisciplinary critical analysis of relevant evidence. To understand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Binnema, Ted, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Hudson's Bay Company > History > 19th century.
Land titles > British Columbia > Vancouver Island > History > 19th century.
Vancouver Island (B.C.) > History > 19th century.
First Nations > Land tenure > British Columbia > Vancouver Island > History > 19th century.
First Nations > British Columbia > Vancouver Island > Treaties > History > 19th century.
Titres de propriété > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver, Île de > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vancouver, Île de (C.-B.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Table of Contents:
  • The Hudson's Bay Company and Vancouver Island Land Policy to 1849
  • The Hudson's Bay Company and Indigenous Title, 1668-1849
  • The History of the Northwest Coast to 1774
  • Indigenous and Exogenous Peoples on Vancouver Island, 1774-1821
  • Indigenous Peoples of Vancouver Island and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1821-1849
  • Articulating Principles of Indigenous Title, 1835-1846
  • The Colonial Office, Local Authorities, and Indigenous Title, 1846-1849
  • Land Acquisition Policies in New Zealand and Vancouver Island, 1846-1850
  • The Treaty of Akaroa and Fort Victoria Treaties, 1848-1850
  • The Fort Rupert Treaties of 1850 and 1851
  • Governor James Douglas and the Saanich and Nanaimo Treaties, 1851-1854
  • Indigenous Title on Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1854-1875
  • The Evolving Memories of the Vancouver Island Treaties to 1934.