Alliances and Treaties with Indigenous Peoples of Quebec: The History of the Wolastoqiyik First Nation

by Camil Girard, Katerine Aubin Dubois, Carl Brisson

Records the neglected history of the Wolastoqiyik Nation.

The Etchemins/Amaliseet/Maliseet/Wolastoqiyik were the first--along with the Montagnais/Innu and the Algonquin/Anishinabe--to sign treaties of alliance with the French between 1603 and 1605. These treaties were motivated by the French policy of making and maintaining alliances with the Indigenous Peoples in New France to claim control over the territory and to stimulate immigration,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2766302719
• ISBN13: 9782766302710
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Laval University Press
• Length: 305 Pages