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1	The Aborigines' Protection Society as an imperial knowledge network: the writing and representation of black South African letters to the APS, 1879-1888 Reid, Darren 28 June 2020 (has links) This thesis presents a case study of letters written by black South Africans to the Aborigines' Protection Society (APS) between 1879-1888. Recognizing that previous histories of the APS have been based primarily on British correspondence, this thesis contends that including these marginalized black letters is crucial if historians are to develop a nuanced understanding of the APS in particular, and of British imperialism in general. By placing these letters within a framework of imperial knowledge networks, this thesis traces how the messages and voices of black South African correspondents traveled in letter form to England and then were disseminated in published form by the APS. This thesis demonstrates how correspondents used writing to the APS as a tool of anti-colonial resistance, as well as how the APS used their positionality to censor and control the voices of its correspondents. Emphasizing the entanglement of correspondents' resistance and adaptation with the APS's imperialist mission, this thesis presents its case study as a window into the negotiated and unstable natures of British imperialism. / Graduate / 2021-04-06 South African history British imperial history Aborigines Protection Society knowledge circulation colonial resistance Imperial knowledge
2	The activities of the Aborigines Protection Society as a pressure group on the formulation of colonial policy, 1868-1880 Willmington, Susan M. January 1973 (has links) No description available.
3	Indigenous and settler understandings of the Manitoulin Island Treaties of 1836 (Treaty 45) and 1862 West, Allyshia 06 January 2011 (has links) This work explores the insights that can be gained from an investigation of the shared terms of the Manitoulin Island treaties of 1836 (Treaty 45) and 1862. I focus specifically on these treaties because I was raised in proximity to this area. This thesis is very much a personal exploration in the sense that I have come to understand myself as implicated in a treaty relationship and wish to know my obligations under these agreements. In my interpretation of the Manitoulin Island treaties, I employ a strategy developed by Dr. Michael Asch that begins with the Indigenous understandings. Within this strategy, treaties are conceptualized as honourable agreements meant to ensure our legitimate presence on this land. This methodology is unique in the sense that it conceives of our representatives' actions as sincere. This step is necessary because Indigenous peoples believed we were acting honourably during negotiations. In applying this strategy in my reading of the Manitoulin Island treaties, my objective is to discern the treaty relationship that was established, and to state clearly the obligations of both parties under these agreements. Though the primary focus of this thesis is my analysis of the treaties, I briefly discuss in my conclusion the anthropological insights I have gained from this exercise with respect to communication across cultures. Throughout this work, I focus on the concept of sharing as a productive and positive framework for thinking about relationships between cultures. historical treaties Manitoulin Island Treaty of 1862 interpretivist anthropology intercultural communication Sir Francis Bond Head Royal Proclamation Treaty of Niagara Anishnabe Ojibwe treaty interpretation cultural commensurability British Indian policy Sir George Murray Sir James Kempt Sir John Colborne Lord Glenelg Ottawas Chippewas Aborigines' Protection Society T.G. Anderson Manitowaning Wikwemikong William McDougall William Spragge kinship interpretivism

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