Government and First Nations leaders have tended to operate within two different systems of knowledge and perception regarding treaty rights issues in Canada. While First Nations emphasize the original spirit or intent of an agreement, government stresses the letter of the agreement. The Spirit of the Alberta Indian Treaties has long been acknowledged as an authoritative source for both oral and documentary perspectives on Alberta treaties. It has been twice cited in landmark decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada since its original publication in 1979. Expanded, and with a new introduction by Richard Price, this third edition supports a growing understanding between leaders of government and First Nations people in Alberta and Canada.

Memory Serves gathers together the oratories award-winning author Lee Maracle has delivered and performed over a twenty-year period. Revised for publication, the lectures hold the features and style of oratory intrinsic to the Salish people in general and the Sto: lo in pArcticular. From her Coast Salish perspective and with great eloquence, Maracle shares her knowledge of Sto: lo history, memory, philosophy, law, spirituality, feminism and the colonial condition of her people. Powerful and inspiring, Memory Serves is an extremely timely book, not only because it is the first collection of oratories by one of the most important Indigenous authors in Canada, but also because it offers all Canadians, in Maracle's own words, "another way to be, to think, to know," a way that holds the promise of a "journey toward a common consciousness."

Chief Thunderchild's stories of a fierce and vanished freedom are reprinted here as he told them to Edward Ahenakew in 1923.

This source provides the text for Treaty 11, explaining that "Treaty 11, the last of the Numbered Treaties, was an agreement established between 1921 and 1922 between King George V and various First Nation band governments in what is today the Northwest Territories. It outlined the exchange of land ownership rights for monetary value, various amenities and hunting rights."

An academic resource that defines "treaty" in the first paragraph, while discussing in detail subjects such as pre-Treaty conditions in Canada, the historical processes of Treaty implementation, oral terms of the Treaties both by Treaty comissioners and First Nations representatives. Treaties discussed are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. The main purpose of the article is to analyze the written and oral agreements regarding the rights of Indigenous peoples in Manitoba to health care.

This website put together by the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba provides many resources relating to the numbered Treaties, including a map of Numbered Treaty Territories and the text of Treaties 1 - 10.

Emma Minde's portraits of the family into which she was given in marriage more than sixty years ago are instructive and touching. She offers rare insight into a life history guided by two powerful forces: the traditional world of the Plains Cree and the influence of the Catholic missions.

Dene Elder George Blondin creates a spiritual guidebook that weaves together oral stories with the recounting of how the northern Dene came to depend on the European fur traders. The result is a magical journey for readers of any heritage.

From the publisher: "An addicting guessing/trivia game based on the history of the Peoples of the great plains. A fun game to play with elders who are full of stories, or have experienced some of the events themselves This game can be played by 2 to 8 people ages 8 and up." The Education Edition includes a study guide and references.