In 1982, the terms of the historic treaties were re-affirmed under Canada's revised Constitution.Īs a result, the courts have allowed many First Nations today to legally initiate or re-open land claims, or to take the Government to court because of broken treaty promises of the past. Under British, and later, Canadian law, land could not be transferred from First Nations to the Government without a treaty.īut the Government of Canada failed to live up to many of its treaty promises. The DVD tells the story of treaty agreements between First Nations and the Government of Canada, which led to the transfer of most land once occupied by Aboriginal people to the Government of Canada. This DVD is divided into chapters that teachers can use as stand-alone units, or they can play the DVD from end to end to tell the overall story. It is a story that has left a bitter legacy among many First Nations people, and one which Canadian courts now agree is unfinished business.
Was the process legal? Were the terms honoured? This program should provide some answers. How did such a massive transfer of land take place? Today, First Nations groups are left with only a few scattered parcels of land. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: TREATIES WITH THE FIRST NATIONS (56 MIN)įive centuries ago, First Nations people owned and controlled all the land in North America.
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