Breathing Life into the Stone Fort Treaty Creation Anita Olsen Harper

Anita Olsen Harper

Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser set the record straight after thoroughly researching government archives and interviewing First Nations elders

and singing

This volume also emphasizes the important role of public memory in the reconciliation process

and others from the community

Breathing Life into the Stone Fort Treaty Creation Anita Olsen HarperBreathing Life Into the Stone Fort Treaty: An Anishinabe Understanding of Treaty One focuses on understanding and interpreting treaties from an Anishinaabe inaakonigewin (legal) perspective. In order to interpret and implement a treaty between the Crown and Canadas First Nations, we must look to its spirit and intent, and consider what was contemplated by the parties at the time the treaty was negotiated, argues author Aime Craft. Using a detailed