Treatied Spaces 
By Professor Joy Porter and Professor Charles Prior IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London | 12 December 2024 | 5.30–7pm 2024 marks the 260th anniversary of a pivotal juncture in the first ‘special relationship’ between America and Britain, a massive and expensive diplomatic pageant known as the Treaty of Niagara, when the Indian ‘Magna Carta’ confirmed Native … Read more
By Professor Joy Porter Online | 3 December 2024 | 4–5pm Any study of the intercultural relationships between the Indigenous peoples of North America and British settlers usually focuses on the differences that resulted in disputes and violence. However, on closer examination, the interaction also involved the exchange of ideas and the forging of alliances, … Read more
Treatied Spaces’ Monty Simus will attend the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) which is working to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Taking place from 25 November to 1 December 2024 in Busan, Korea, INC5 aims to develop an international framework for global plastic bans and phase-outs, … Read more
Treatied Spaces is pleased to congratulate Historic Houses Global Crossroads Project Co-Lead, Professor Mark G. McGowan on his election to the Royal Society of Canada. Professor McGowan’s election was in recognition of his “original and innovative research methodology” resulting in “pioneering publications on the Irish diaspora in the North Atlantic world, sectarian relations, religious education, … Read more
Joy Porter answers a listener’s question about smoke signals on BBC Radio Bristol [30 October 2024].
By Leverhulme Visiting Professor Damien Lee Alan Walters Building G03 (LT1) The Business School, University of Birmingham / Online | 27 November 2024 | 4–6pm The Anishinaabe peoples of Canada continue to rebuild their political and legal systems after more than 170 years of colonial legislation that otherwise sought to get rid of Indians. Today, … Read more
By Leverhulme Visiting Professor Damien Lee American Museum & Gardens, Bath | 8 October 2024 | 2–3pm This free talk at the American Museum & Gardens in Bath is a special opportunity to understand how Indigenous people in Canada have used adoption to not only renew their families, but to renew their nations as well. … Read more
1st August 2024 marks the 260th Anniversary of the Treaty of Niagara. The Treaty of Niagara was a significant moment in diplomatic relations between Native Nations and the British Crown. During July 1764, over 20 Native Nations gathered at Fort Niagara for a treaty council that was intended as the start of a new phase … Read more
Thousands of people came out to see Mohawk ice-hockey and lacrosse hero Brandon Montour bring the Stanley Cup to his hometown on the Six Nations of Grand River. Co-I Charles Prior and Haohyoh (Cayuga Faithkeeper Ken Maracle) were honoured to attend the celebratory parade. News coverage: Family, friends, Six Nations community join Brandon Montour at Stanley Cup … Read more
Settler Decolonization on Country/Land: Rehearsing Collaboration Call for applications: 2 PhD positions (starting January 2025) The project “Settler Decolonization on Country/Land: Rehearsing Collaboration” invites applicants who wish to write a dissertation in the field of Indigenous/First Nations studies, ideally speaking to the possibilities and limits of Indigenous and settler collaboration for decolonization (via land relations, … Read more