Treaty from 1800-Now
This section will focus on documentation and history from various agencies over the 150 year + History of these documents.
This is created with love, understanding and a personal connection to the words I see on the pages. If you have any questions please contact me at scianewklallam.com and I will answer and share any and all information I can.
The Royal Proclamation
Created after the 7 Years war between 4 powers of the time. Once “declared” A Royal Proclamation was done by the King.
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1370355181092/1607905122267#sec2
Excerpt of the 1763 Proclamation Specific to the Indigenous People
Please use links below to watch videos by various contributors to the 1763 Proclamation Topic
Indigenous Law on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fOc_SzPBTI
History Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKNTBHmWOyA
Lost in History - Royal Proclamation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8YLj7W-PYY
The information I am pulling is from recorded sources, journals, newspapers articles and other avenues of information sharing used back at the time of colonization.
This First Section is screenshots of Gilbert Malcoms Sproat 1884-1885
British Columbia
A few notes on the province.
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.24522/327
Chat GPTsr response to my question posed. Interpret how you will but the colonozing laws in effect make the treaties null and void once HBC was gone,
Journey of Illegal Evictions of the Lqungen People From Discovery Island to East Sooke
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A Debt Still Owed
In September of 1861, under the weight of falling rain and colonial decree, the homes of our ancestors were torn down—shelterless, they stood in despair as fire and ruin replaced their village. Four hundred souls—men, women, and children—were displaced, stripped of dignity in the heart of their own homeland.
The agreement offered in those days—a dollar a month in ground rent per home—was never honored. Nor was the humanity of the people it was meant to appease. That promise, like so many made under colonial rule, was cast aside the moment it proved inconvenient to power.
We, their descendants, stand today not in anger, but in memory. Memory of what was taken. Memory of what was promised. Memory of the debt that remains unpaid.
The city that now rises from these grounds—Downtown Victoria—was built upon scorched homes, broken faith, and a dishonored treaty. And so, with clarity and resolve, we remind the world:
The land remembers.
The ancestors remember.
And we remember.
This debt is not forgotten.
It is carried—in spirit, in justice, and in our voices—until it is made right.
The System: Agents,Legislators,Governors and Kings
Historical List if Indian agents and agencies in Canada
https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aanc-inac/R32-413-1960-eng.pdf
Indian Agent WM. H Lomas of Duncan
“While I acknowledge the contributions and developments Wm. H. Lomas was involved in, it’s important to remember that these actions were part of his official role. In the pursuit of honest and full historical context, we must tell these stories not only to recognize accomplishments, but to illuminate the systemic barriers—often invisible to the broader public—that shaped and limited Indigenous experience. These truths are essential to understanding the larger picture.”
An Article done in 2019 about WM. H Lomas from the Authors Perspective
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/opinion/t-w-paterson-column-the-mysterious-demise-of-the-respected-wm-h-lomas-7183827
