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Social Science Indigenous Studies

To Share, Not Surrender

Indigenous and Settler Visions of Treaty Making in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia

edited by Peter Cook, Neil Vallance, John Lutz, Graham Brazier & Hamar Foster

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2021
Category
Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Legal History, General, Land Use
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774863827
    Publish Date
    Dec 2021
    List Price
    $89.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774863858
    Publish Date
    Dec 2021
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774863834
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
    List Price
    $37.95

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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 cel’aṉ’en – “our culture, the way of our people” – this multivocal work includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENĆOŦEN 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.

About the authors

Peter Cook's profile page

Neil Vallance's profile page

University of Victoria

John Lutz's profile page

Graham Brazier's profile page

Hamar Foster is a professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria.

Hamar Foster's profile page

Editorial Reviews

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.

 

 

The British Columbia Review

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.

Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies

"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."

BC Studies

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