The Vancouver Island Treaties and the Evolving Principles of Indigenous Title

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Ted Binnema is an emeitus professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia.

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Drawing on archival documents and multidisciplinary research in linguistics, archaeology, and the environmental sciences, this book presents new interpretations of the Vancouver Island treaties.

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Preface
Introduction

1. The Hudson’s Bay Company and Vancouver Island Land Policy to 1849
2. The Hudson’s Bay Company and Indigenous Title, 1668-1849
3. The History of the Northwest Coast to 1774
4. Indigenous and Exogenous Peoples on Vancouver Island, 1774-1821
5. Indigenous Peoples of Vancouver Island and the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1821 to 1849
6. Articulating Principles of Indigenous Title, 1835-1846
7. The Colonial Office, Local Authorities, and Indigenous Title, 1846-49
8. Land Acquisition Policies in New Zealand and Vancouver Island, 1846-50
9. The Treaty of Akaroa and Fort Victoria Treaties, 1848-1850
10. The Fort Rupert Treaties of 1850 and 1851
11. Governor James Douglas and the Saanich and Nanaimo Treaties, 1851-54
12. Indigenous Title on Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1854-1875
13. The Evolving Memories of the Vancouver Island Treaties to 1934
    Conclusion
    Appendix A: "Original Indian Population Vancouver Island"
    Appendix B: A 1934 Account of a Fort Victoria Treaty Attributed to David Latasse
    Bibliography