{"product_id":"9781442692275","title":"Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Canada's longest unresolved issues is the historical and present-day failure of the country's governments to recognize treaties made between Aboriginal peoples and the Crown. \u003ci\u003eCompact, Contract, Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e is renowned historian of Native-newcomer relations J.R. Miller's exploration and explanation of more than four centuries of treating-making. The first historical account of treaty-making in Canada, Miller untangles the complicated threads of treaties, pacts, and arrangements with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Crown, as well as modern treaties to provide a remarkably clear and comprehensive overview of this little-understood and vitally important relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Covering everything from pre-contact Aboriginal treaties to contemporary agreements in Nunavut and recent treaties negotiated under the British Columbia Treaty Process, Miller emphasizes both Native and non-Native motivations in negotiating, the impact of treaties on the peoples involved, and the lessons that are relevant to Native-newcomer relations today. Accessible and informative, \u003ci\u003eCompact, Contract, Covenant \u003c\/i\u003eis a much-needed history of the evolution of treaty-making and will be required reading for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123932053744,"sku":"9781442692275","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442692275_p0.jpg?v=1763812795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442692275","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}