The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto

Alexander Morris’s The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto delivers a compelling, firsthand account of the 19th-century treaty-making that remapped the Prairies and shaped Canadian-Indigenous relations. This non-fiction collection brings together the full texts of the treaties negotiated between the Dominion of Canada and the Indigenous peoples from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains, accompanied by Morris’s preface, commentary, and contextual material. Written by the former Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, the work explains the practical aims of securing alliances, opening the Fertile Belt for settlement, and addressing the consequences of the buffalo’s decline for Plains communities. Readers will find detailed negotiation narratives, moral and legal considerations of the era, and insights into colonial policy and Indigenous responses—essential historical context without editorializing or fictionalization. Ideal for students, historians, legal scholars, and anyone interested in Canadian history, Indigenous-settler relations, or treaty law, this audiobook offers accessible listening to a pivotal primary-source record that continues to inform contemporary debates about rights, land, and reconciliation.