Description: To Share, Not Surrender by Peter Cook, Neil Vallance, John Lutz, Graham Brazier, Hamar Foster To Share, Not Surrender presents multiple views and lived experience of the treaty-making process and its repercussions in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and publishes, for the first time, the Vancouver Island Treaties in First Nations languages. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Too often, history and knowledge of Indigenous-settler conflict over land take the form of confidential reports prepared for court challenges. To Share, Not Surrender offers an entirely new approach, opening scholarship to the public and augmenting it with First Nations community expertise. The authors take us back to when James Douglas and his family relocated to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1849, critically tracing the transition from treaty-making in the colony of Vancouver Island to reserve formation in the colony of British Columbia. Informed by the spirit of celaen – "our culture, the way of our people" – this multivocal work includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENOEN and Lekwungen languages, and contributions by participants of the Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples.As an all-embracing exploration of the struggle over land, To Share, Not Surrender advances the urgent task of reconciliation in Canada. Author Biography Neil Vallance is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Victoria, undertaking ethno-historical research on Vancouver Island Treaty claims. Hamar Foster is a professor emeritus of law at the University of Victoria. He has co-edited five books and authored numerous articles on Aboriginal law and legal history. Graham Brazier is an independent scholar studying the human history of islands in the Salish Sea. John Lutz is a professor of history at the University of Victoria and author of MakÚk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations. Peter Cook is an associate professor of history at the University of Victoria and has published in a variety of scholarly periodicals.Contributors: Keith Thor Carlson, Robert Clifford, Emchayiik Robert Dennis Sr., STOLCEL John Elliott Sr., Elmer George, Stephen Hume, Maxine Hayman Matilpi, Kevin Neary, Adele Perry, Sarah Pike, Chief Ron Sam, and Laura Spitz Table of Contents Acknowledgments | HaichkaForeword / Chief Ron SamPrefaceIntroduction / Graham Brazier, Peter Cook, Hamar Foster, John Lutz, and Neil VallancePart 1: First Nation and Colonial Understandings of Indigenous Land Rights1 Note on the Early Life and Career of James Douglas / Graham Brazier2 Indigenous Lands, Imperial Travels, and James Douglas / Adele Perry3 More or Less Human: Colonialism, Law, and the Social Construction of Humanity on Vancouver Island, 1849–1864 / Laura Spitz4 The Imperial Law of Aboriginal Title at the Time of the Douglas Treaties: What Was It? / Hamar FosterPart 2: Treaty Texts5 The Earliest First Nation Accounts of the Formation of the Vancouver Island (or Douglas) Treaties of 1850–1854 / Neil Vallance6 First Nation Language Texts of the Vancouver Island TreatiesIntroduction / Neil VallanceSENOEN Language Treaty Text / STOLCEL John Elliott Sr.Lekwungen Language Treaty Text / Elmer George7 Huu-ay-aht tayii hawil (Head Chief) liishins Land Transaction with Government Agent William Banfield in 1859 / Kevin NearyPart 3: The Beginning and End of Treaty-Making on Vancouver Island8 Land, First Nations and James Douglas and the Background to Treaty-Making on Vancouver Island / Graham Brazier9 The Rutters Impasse and the End of Treaty Making on Vancouver Island / John Sutton LutzPart 4: After the Treaties10 "For Ever Removing the Fertile Cause of Agrarian Disturbance": Governor James Douglas British Columbia Unsurveyed Land System / Sarah Pike11 "The Last Potlatch": James Douglas Vision of an Alternative Form of Settler Colonialism / Keith Thor CarlsonAfterword / Robert Clifford, Maxine Matilpi, and Stephen HumeAppendix: Timeline / Hamar Foster and Neil VallanceIndex Review The past is with us and history matters. Read To Share Not Surrender as a great example of how there can be different interpretations of the past. -- Robin Fisher * The British Columbia Review *"To Share, Not Surrender is a book that could help every British Columbian to better understand the historical, political, and relational fabric of this province – and the obligations that flow from this." -- Alan Hanna, University of Victoria * BC Studies *Until now, academic discussion of the Vancouver Island treaties has tended to be sparse, vague, and insufficiently attentive to Indigenous perspectives. In consequence, public knowledge of the Treaties, and especially the white settlers collective failure to honour them, leaves much to be desired. To Share Not Surrender aims to overcome these shortcomings. In my opinion, it succeeds admirably. -- Martin George Holmes, University of Otago * Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies * Long Description Too often, history and knowledge of Indigenous-settler conflict over land take the form of confidential reports prepared for court challenges. To Share, Not Surrender offers an entirely new approach, opening scholarship to the public and augmenting it with First Nations community expertise. The authors take us back to when James Douglas and his family relocated to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1849, critically tracing the transition from treaty-making in the colony of Vancouver Island to reserve formation in the colony of British Columbia. Informed by the spirit of celaen - "our culture, the way of our people" - this multivocal work includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENcOtEN and Lekwungen languages, and contributions by participants of the Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples. As an all-embracing exploration of the struggle over land, To Share, Not Surrender advances the urgent task of reconciliation in Canada. Review Quote "After James Douglas negotiated treaties on Vancouver Island, he never made another in BC. Why not? Some of the foremost experts in the field work here to answer this question, analyzing Douglass policies and their lasting impact on BC First Nations continuing battle with rights and title."--Daniel Boxberger, Western Washington University Description for Reader Too often, history and knowledge of Indigenous-settler conflict over land take the form of confidential reports prepared for court challenges. To Share, Not Surrender offers an entirely new approach, opening scholarship to the public and augmenting it with First Nations community expertise. The collection appraises the historical and present-day relevance of treaty-making in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The authors take us back to when James Douglas and his family relocated to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1849, critically tracing the transition from treaty-making in the colony of Vancouver Island to reserve formation in the colony of British Columbia. Informed by celaen - "our culture, the way of our people" - this multivocal work explicitly addresses the tensions between academic research, Indigenous knowledge, and local experience. The collection includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENcOtEN and Lekwungen languages, and contributions by participants of the Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples. The chapters demonstrate that the continuing inability to arrive at equitable land-sharing arrangements stem from a fundamental absence of will with respect to accommodating First Nations world views. To Share, Not Surrender is an attempt to understand why, and thus to advance the urgent task of reconciliation in Canada. Description for Teachers/Educators The multiple perspectives presented in this important work will find equally diverse audiences: Canadian historians, scholars and students of Indigenous studies, ethno-historians, legal historians, lawyers practising in the areas of Aboriginal law, and researchers preparing historical reports on First Nation land claims. Details ISBN077486382X Short Title Land, First Nations, and James Douglas Language English ISBN-10 077486382X ISBN-13 9780774863827 Format Hardcover Imprint University of British Columbia Press Place of Publication Vancouver Country of Publication Canada Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-12-20 UK Release Date 2021-12-20 Author Hamar Foster Illustrations 27 b&w photos, 3 maps Publisher University of British Columbia Press Subtitle Indigenous and Settler Visions of Treaty Making in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia Edited by Hamar Foster DEWEY 346.710432 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 368 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161753232;
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ISBN-13: 9780774863827
Book Title: To Share, Not Surrender
Number of Pages: 330 Pages
Publication Name: To Share, Not Surrender: Indigenous and Settler Visions of Treaty-Making in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
Language: English
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Law, History
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Regional History, Criminal Law
Author: Hamar Foster, John Sutton Lutz, Neil Vallance, Peter Cook
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
