To Share, not Surrender (Paperback)

Peter Cook

ISBN 10: 0774863838 / ISBN 13: 9780774863834

Published by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2022

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Paperback. Too often, history and knowledge of Indigenous-settler conflict over land take the form of confidential reports prepared for court challenges. To Share, Not Surrender offers an entirely new approach, opening scholarship to the public and augmenting it with First Nations community expertise. The authors take us back to when James Douglas and his family relocated to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1849, critically tracing the transition from treaty-making in the colony of Vancouver Island to reserve formation in the colony of British Columbia. Informed by the spirit of cel'a'en "our culture, the way of our people" this multivocal work includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENCOTEN and Lekwungen languages, and contributions by participants of the Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples.As an all-embracing exploration of the struggle over land, To Share, Not Surrender advances the urgent task of reconciliation in Canada. To Share, Not Surrender presents multiple views and lived experience of the treaty-making process and its repercussions in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and publishes, for the first time, the Vancouver Island Treaties in First Nations languages. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: To Share, not Surrender (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774863838
• ISBN 13: 9780774863834
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A survey of land struggles in Vancouver Island between settlers and indigenous peoples through two centuries.

For centuries, nations have battled in court over the meanings of indigenous and settler treaty agreements. In the spirit of cel’an’en, which means “our culture, the way of our people,” To Share, Not Surrender surveys two centuries of land struggles on Vancouver Island through translations and interpretations of key treaties in SENĆOŦEN and Lekwungen languages as well as accounts from Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples. As the struggle for land continues, this book advances the urgent task of justice and reconciliation in Canada.
 

About the Authors

Peter Cook is associate professor of history at the University of Victoria.
 

Neil Vallance is adjunct professor of law at the University of Victoria.

John Lutz is professor of history at the University of Victoria and author of Makúk: A New History of Indigenous-White Relations.

Graham Brazier is an independent scholar studying the human history of islands in the Salish Sea.

Hamar Foster is professor emeritus of law at the University of Victoria.