The McKee Treaty of 1790: British-Aboriginal Diplomacy in the Great Lakes

• Main Author: Palmer, Daniel J 1991-
• Other Authors: Labelle, Kathryn, Englebert, Robert, Neufeld, Matthew, Nickel, Sarah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2017
• Subjects: History; Detroit; Treaty: First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/8168

On the 19th of May, 1790, the representatives of four First Nations of Detroit and the British Crown signed, each in their own custom, a document ceding 5,440 square kilometers of Aboriginal land to the Crown that spring for £1200 Quebec Currency in goods. Understandings of this treaty in historical...