Grandfather of the Treaties: Finding Our Future Through the Wampum Covenant

For decades Daniel Coleman has worked closely with many Indigenous scholars to understand the land he calls home and the complex and painful histories between Indigenous and European nations that have formed Canada. In Grandfather of the Treaties, he has drawn on this experience to craft an extensive study of the wampum covenants that underpin our nations, one that takes readers from wampum's first emergence among Indigenous nations to how these covenants can help us shape a better future for all. In this wide-ranging book Coleman seeks to fill a deep hole in most Canadians' knowledge of how our nation was formed. As we relearn our history, we can recommit to our earliest promises, which were meant to last "as long as the sun shines upon this earth, as long as the water still flows and as long as the grass grows green at a certain time of the year."