Missionaries as Interpreters: An Examination of Oblate Father Léon Doucet’s Account of the Treaty 7 Negotiations at Blackfoot Crossing in 1877

In September 1877, the Canadian government and the Indigenous peoples of the southern portion of Alberta met at Blackfoot Crossing to negotiate the agreement known as Treaty 7. Contemporary descriptions of this meeting are of great historical, legal and socio-political significance. The recent publi...

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Main Author: Evans, Bronwyn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2018
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-161
Further subjects:B Interpretation of
B Collaboration
B eye-witness accounts
B Canadian Aboriginal peoples
B Treaty 7 (1877)
B Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
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