Our Home and Treaty Land: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Raymond C Aldred, Matthew R Anderson

Our Home and Treaty Land addresses the critical need for non-Indigenous peoples to face their past with honesty in order to navigate a harmonious way forward. In this revised edition, co-authors Ray Aldred and Matthew Anderson take you on an expanded exploration of Treaty, and how it is a solution to Canada’s social, spiritual, and ecological crises.Aldred brings Cree spirituality, cosmology, and experiences of intergenerational trauma into conversation with Christian concepts of creation and repentance, mapping a path towards restorative justice. Matthew, in alternating chapters, unfolds a journey (sometimes a literal one) of unsettling awakening to untaught Canadian histories and dishonoured Treaties, from the complexities of a typical settler-descendant hyphenated identity.Our Home and Treaty Land repurposes Christian scripture not as a license for dominance and conquest but as a model for sacred covenants. It provides gentle and valuable insights and concrete, practical guidance for individuals and communities eager to understand and honour their Treaty commitments. Within these pages, you’ll discover Treaty as a family-making ceremony that binds settlers, Indigenous peoples, Land, and Creator together on a good path.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published February 16, 2024

Reviews

[Ryan Turnbull · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. Really interesting model of dialogue between Indigenous and Settler perspectives. I have some quibbles with centring the treaties as a Canadian creation story, but overall I love the direction this is pointing.

[Cate · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect read for my sabbatical, which was gifted to me by a previous parishioner just before I left. A book I'll definitely be coming back to in future (and may use as a book study in my parish at some point).

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent

[Layne Kilbreath]

I'll read this again, and again.

[Andrea Tsugawa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! Amazing read to know about treaties. Identity and territory