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The James Bay Treaty signing party at Fort Albany. Standing: Dominion Police - Joseph L. Vanasse (L), James Parkinson (R). Seated: Commissioners Samuel Stewart (L), Daniel George MacMartin, Duncan Campbell Scott (R)

Foreground: HBC Chief Trader Thomas Rae and Dr A.G Meindl. August 3, 1905.

Archives of Ontario, I0010627





In 1905,, Treaty Commissioner for Ontario, accompanied by federal commissioners and native guides, journeyed through rapids and hiked through the wilds to meet with First Nations leaders. The result was James Bay Treaty Nine. The treaty put northern Ontario into Canadian hands, but First Nations' tradition is clear: their leaders agreed to share the land, not give it away., historian and winner of a 2011 Governor General's Literary Award, explores what the diary by George MacMartin reveals, and what it means today. Produced byis Grand Chief of the Muskegowuck Council at Moose Factory, Ontarioteaches history at Crescent School in Toronto. He also does research in aboriginal history.s an archivist at Queen's University, Kingston.is a Professor of Education at Nipissing University, North Bay. He's also the winner of the Ontario History Society's Fred Landon Prize in Regional History (2010) for his book on Treaty Nine. (please see reading list).is an historian who teaches Indigenous and Canadian Studies at York University, Toronto.is an historical-geographer and consultant on aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada.is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary.is a Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto.John S. Long,published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. It includes full text of diaries from the treaty-making trip, and other archival writings, including the text of Treaty Nine.Tom Flanagan,, 2nd edition, published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008.Shin Imai,, published by Carswell, 1999.Victor Lytwyn,, published by University of Manitoba Press, 2002.David McNab and Olive Dickason , 4th edition,, published by Oxford Canada, 2009. On the Path of the Elders is a First Nations-run website on Treaty 9 history. Treaty Guide: Treaty 9 - prepared by the Canadian Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. It includes a history of the treaty-making by James Morrison. The Treaty 9 Expedition of 1905-06 - prepared by the Archives of Ontario to mark the centenary of Treaty 9, includes many photographs.