Between the 1840’s and the 1870’s, many treaties were signed between the indigenous peoples of North America and the governments of Canada and the US. In these treaties, the groups of native people typically ceded lands and passage rights to the US. In turn, most of these treaties outlined the rights of tribes to retain access to traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering locations. Later (primarily in the 1960’s and 1970’s), several court decisions formally interpreted the treaties’ definition for the amounts of a particular resource that a tribe owned (i.e. 50% of the salmon runs in any given year).
The Supreme Court has honored the rights of the tribes and recognized the validity and authority of the treaties.
Nonetheless, treaty rights continue to be challenge-d. The challenges typically involve water rights and salmon harvests.
Write about the Medicine Creek Treaty and identify what parties were involved, what was the content of the treaty, and what was granted to the signing parties. The power dynamics of the groups at the negotiating table was an important variable at the time, and that dynamic continues in many forms today. For this discussion, I want you to reflect on what you would do if you were an advisor for the tribe participating in the treaty negotiation. What would you have recommended be included in a treaty that would that would have created a better future for tribal members? Explain why you would include those items.
Use Correct APA Format.
Your indigenous peoples of North America and the governments of Canada paper should include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Also, support your answers with the course’s readings and at least two scholarly journal articles. The article’s purpose is to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. Sources ProQuest and EBSCOhost are great sites to find resources. Also, write in a concise and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. Additionally, the quality of your writing dictates grading criteria. On the other hand, if you use direct quotes from books or articles (use parenthesis) and cite them in-line. Also, only use sources within the five-year range.
Additional Guidelines
The quotes should be complete sentences (no more, less) and should be incorporate-d in your essay to illustrate your ideas. Please, cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Also, do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Also, write an essay format, not in bullet form, numbering, or another list format. It would be best if you use your own words. Lastly, proofread your work and run it through Grammarly for thorough confirmation.
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