Keewatin v. Minister of Natural Resources

Table of ContentsiiiReligion............................................................................................................................. 39The Seasonal Round ......................................................................................................... 40Communication and Language ......................................................................................... 41European Contact.................................................................................................................. 42The Contact with Palliser and Hind Expeditions.................................................................. 42Palliser Expedition............................................................................................................ 42Hind Expedition................................................................................................................ 42Relations and Contacts with Other Ojibway......................................................................... 43American Ojibway............................................................................................................ 43Ojibway to the East........................................................................................................... 44Post-Confederation Contact with Euro-Canadians in the Treaty 3 Area.............................. 46Territorial Concepts .............................................................................................................. 461871 Treaty Negotiations.......................................................................................................... 46Ojibway to the West (Treaties 1 and 2) ............................................................................ 481872 Negotiations..................................................................................................................... 496. LEAD-UP TO THE 1873 NEGOTIATIONS........................................................................... 527. THE 1873 NEGOTIATIONS ................................................................................................... 57The Documents......................................................................................................................... 571. The Shorthand Reporter's Account/The Manitoban Newspaper Account........................ 572. The Nolin Notes................................................................................................................ 573. The Dawson Notes............................................................................................................ 574. Indian Reporter. ................................................................................................................ 585. The Treaty/Morris Document ........................................................................................... 586. Morris' Official Report......................................................................................................587. The Manitoba Free Press Account, October 18, 1873...................................................... 588. Exhibit 31 Handwritten Proposed Articles of Treaty ....................................................... 5810. Draft Treaty [Exhibit 32] ................................................................................................ 59Arrival of the Treaty Parties at the NorthWest Angle – late September 1873 ......................... 59Commencement of Proceedings on September 30, 1873 ......................................................... 61October 1, 1873..................................................................................................................... 61October 2, 1873..................................................................................................................... 68October 3, 1873..................................................................................................................... 758. ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE AS IT RELATES TO THE INTERESTSOF THE PARTIES ....................................................................................................................... 88The Interests of Canada ............................................................................................................ 88What Morris Knew ............................................................................................................... 88The Relationship of the Federal and Provincial Governments ............................................. 90Morris' View of Canada's s. 91(24) Powers and Duties ....................................................... 91Morris' Understanding of Section 109 .................................................................................. 93Morris' Understanding About Involvement of Dual Governments in Land Use Matters..... 95Morris' Awareness of the Boundary Dispute........................................................................ 96What Dawson Knew ............................................................................................................. 96What Provencher Knew ........................................................................................................ 98Canada's Interests.................................................................................................................. 982011 ONSC 4801 (CanLII)