... to rule over us" (Elder Moses Fidler, interviewed 1974 at Muskrat Dam) (ibid) Blind Chief Missabay addressing the assembly before the feast held after the James Bay Treaty signing ceremony, ...

... Peoples in James Bay, (ca 1900s) Just like written history, the oral history of our peoples reflects the way they understood the treaties. Even those who were just born at the time of the signing ...

...  The James Bay Treaty signing party at Fort Albany. Standing: Joseph L. Vanasse (L), James Parkinson (R) of NWMP. Seated: Commissioners Samuel Stewart (L), Daniel McMartin, Duncan Campbell Scott (R) ...

... Hudson Bay bioregion. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee and Environmental Committee of the Municipality of Sanikiluaq. Morrison, James, 1986 Treaty Research Report: Treaty Nine ...

The Anishiinaabe and Mushkegowuk People's view of Treaty No. Nine Kashechewan Elder James Wesley remembered through stories that one of the Commissioners, "held up a bible in his hand to show the seriousness ...

Treaty No.Nine : The James Bay Treaty I want to ask you a question: what is a treaty? If you don't know don't worry. I didn't either when I was in high school in the late 1970s. Many teachers asked me ...

Where are the animals? Who will help us? As I mentioned earlier, since 1670, our peoples began a 300-year economic relationship with the Hudson's Bay Company fur trade in the James Bay region. We became ...

Well, my name is Stan Louttit; I’m a writer and researcher I have lived all my life in the small, island community of Moose Factory, at the bottom tip of James Bay, in Northern Ontario. Moose ...

Others Among Us In the 1600s, in James Bay, my ancestors encountered others on the land.  These people spoke a different language, looked different and wanted the furs we used for clothing.  We now ...