Richmond Hill’s Treaty History
This talk is sponsored by Delmanor -Elgin Mills 
October 27, 2022 (10am to 12 noon)
This talk will look at the history of the treaty that allowed for non-Indigenous settlement to take place in the Richmond Hill region – the Toronto Purchase of 1787. It will explain the history of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (our host First Nation), the multiple treaties for their lands in the GTA, and will briefly touch on the overall history of treaty-making in what is now Ontario by the British Crown.
Alison Norman is a historian, researcher and historical consultant. She is currently faculty in the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies at Trent University. She worked in the Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs as a historian for six years. Alison earned her Ph.D. and B.Ed. from OISE/University of Toronto, and her dissertation focused on Six Nations women's work in the early 20th Century. She held a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship at Trent University in which she researched the history of Indigenous teachers in 19th century southern Ontario, and she worked as a researcher for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She has published articles in Indigenous, culinary and commemoration history. Alison is currently the book review editor for Ontario History. She is also a member of the Mohawk Institute Research Group, and she is co-editing a book on the history of the Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ontario.
