What's the Deal with Treaties? A Lay Person's Guide to Treaty Making in British Columbia by BC Treaty Commission - 2007

Vancouver, B. C., Canada: BC Treaty Commission 2007, 2007. Fifth Edition . Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine black pictorial oblong stapled card covers. (2007), 8vo, 36pp. "Before Canada was a country Britain recognized that aboriginal people living here had title to land: the Royal Proclamation, 1763 declared that only the British Crown could acquire land from First Nations, and that was typically done through treaties....When BC joined Confederation in1871, only 14 treaties on Vancouver Island had been signed, and land title to the rest of the province was left unresolved....Most First Nations had to wait until 1993 to pursue their aboriginal rights through a made-in-BC treaty process."