Who Controls the Hunt?: First Nations, Treaty Rights, and Wildlife Conservation in Ontario, 1783-1939

Nature | History | Society

by David Calverley

Published by: UBC Press

Imprint: UBC Press

Sales Date: 2018-09-01

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Published: September 2018

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Imprint: UBC Press

Series: Nature | History | Society

Page Count: 224 Pages

Illustrations: 1 map

Dimensions: 5.90 x 9.00

224 Pages, 5.90 x 9.00 x 0.60 in, 1 map

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ISBN: 9780774831345

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As the nineteenth century ended, Ontario wildlife became increasingly valuable. Tourists and sport hunters spent growing amounts of money in search of game, and the government began to extend its regulatory powers in this arena. Restrictions were imposed on hunting and trapping, completely ignoring Anishinaabeg hunting rights set out in the Robinson Treaties of 1850.

Who Controls the Hunt? examines how Ontario’s emerging wildlife conservation laws failed to reconcile First Nations treaty rights and the power of the state. David Calverley traces the political and legal arguments prompted by the interplay of treaty rights, provincial and dominion government interests, and the corporate concerns of the Hudson’s Bay Company. A nuanced examination of Indigenous resource issues, the themes of this book remain germane to questions about who controls the hunt in Canada today.

David Calverley teaches history in Toronto.

Foreword / Graeme Wynn

Introduction

1 First Nations Hunting Activity in Upper Canada and the Robinson Treaties, 1783–1850

2 Ontario’s Game Laws and First Nations, 1800–1905

3 First Nations, the Game Commission, and Indian Affairs, 1892–1909

4 Traders, Trappers, and Bureaucrats: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Wildlife Conservation in Ontario, 1892–1916

5 The Transitional Indian: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Game Act, 1914–20

6 R. v. Padjena: Local Pressure and Treaty Hunting Rights in Ontario, 1925–31

7 R. v. Commanda, 1937–39

Epilogue

Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Who Controls the Hunt… is an important resource providing a clear and lucid historical context as Canada and the provinces continue to wrestle with this question. Tracie Lea-Scott, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai, British Journal of Canadian Studies

Calverley provides a detailed description of key events and conflicts that surround First Nations harvesting rights, wildlife conservation, and management in Ontario during this period.
Arlana Bennett (Redsky), Native American and Indigenous Studies

"…this book is a welcome addition to the historiography of the difficult relationship between provincial wildlife conservation policies and Indigenous peoples in Canada."
Mathieu Arsenault, University of Montreal, Ontario Historical Society Review

I would go as far as heavily recommending [this book] as a means of gaining a deeper, more nuanced understanding of hunting, fishing, and conservation policy in Ontario, Canada and abroad.
Robert Flewelling, University of Guelph, Scientia Canadensis

Who Controls the Hunt? is a valuable case study to which readers can bring as much as they take – and one I will remember each spring as we gather up the rods, the regulations, and the resident and non-resident permits we need to spend another season on the water.
Darcy Ingram, Selkirk College, Network in Canadian History and Environment