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	The Great Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The native ambassadors outnumbered Montreal's population by 100.
		Peace with the French became all the more attractive to the Iroquois after the British stopped giving them military aid to fight the French and had unilaterally declared the Iroquois to be British subjects.
		Between 2,000 and 4,000 people, including the who's who of Montreal society, gathered to watch as the aboriginals, dressed in facial paint and their best feathers and fur robes, took turns to lament the past and express hopes for the future with a heartfelt theatricality of voice and gestures.
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	Héritage Montréal - A Handbook for Montreal's Heritage
		Montreal grows slowly under the French Regime with scattered construction within the confines of the fortifications and with small settlements outside the walled city, like the Faubougs Québec, St. Laurent, and Récollets.
		Montreal grows due to the exploitation of natural resources in the hinterlands (fur and wood).
		Montreal is the capital of Upper and Lower Canada.
	www.heritagemontreal.qc.ca /hm_en/gui3_en.htm (752 words)

	TOURISME MONTRÉAL - STORY IDEAS
		At the Pointe-à-Callière Museum in Old Montréal, "The Great Peace of Montréal: 1701-2001" is an exhibition which centres on a display of the actual document itself.
		Peace in the short term - and this is surely how the Iroquois saw it - would allow them to renew and re-establish themselves.
		One of the preconditions of the peace talks was that both sides engaged in an exchange of prisoners.
	www.tourisme-montreal.org /Media_Target/HotTopics/EN/HTML/160_EN.asp (1884 words)

	History of Montreal Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Great Peace of Montreal, as this treaty was named, has put an end to the hostilities that handicapped the commerce of furs in the New France.
		At the turn of the century, the great bourgeoisie of Montreal doesn't take into consideration the facts and refuse to invest in the Ontario's mine industry and Alberta's oil industry, which have been developing and which have made Toronto a very rich city.
		The approximate population of Montreal is of 1,8 million people and 65% of the population is French.
	www.trailcanada.com /canada-guides/montreal-history.asp (498 words)

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		The agreement negotiated between the Iroquois and the French and most of New France's allies established a peace that extended from the Maritimes, throughout the southern half of Quebec and Ontario, down to llinois.
		Peace with the French became all the more attractive to the Iroquois after the British stopped giving them military aid to fight the French and had unilaterally declared theIroquois to be British subjects.
		Between 2,000 and 4,000 peole, including the who's who of Montreal society, gathered towatch as the aboriginals, dressed in facial paintand their best feathers and fur robes, took turns to lament the past and express hopes for the future with a heartfelt theatricality of voice and gestures.
	www.dubreuilfamilytree.homestead.com /historypage2.html (2135 words)

	Great Peace of Montreal of 1701, The
		In The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 Gilles Havard brings to life the European and Native players who brought about this major feat of international diplomacy.
		In the summer of 1701, 1,300 representatives of forty First Nations from the Maritimes to the Great Lakes and from James Bay to southern Illinois met with the French at Montreal.
		Elaborate, month-long ceremonies culminated in the signing of The Great Peace of Montreal, which effectively put an end to the Iroquois wars.
	www.mqup.mcgill.ca /book.php?bookid=616 (459 words)

	Canku Ota - Aug. 11, 2001 - The Great Peace of 1701
		Canku Ota - Aug. 11, 2001 - The Great Peace of 1701
		On August 4, 1701, they witnessed the signing of "Le Grande Paix," or "The Great Peace," a treaty meant to end decades of bloody conflict between the colonizing French and their indigenous allies, as well as their enemy, the Iroquois confederacy.
		This summer, the city of Montréal is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Great Peace treaty with reenactments, exhibits, food and dances of the Amerindians and the early French settlers.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues01/Co08112001/CO_08112001_Great_Peace.htm (548 words)

	History of Montreal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Montreal is one of the biggest cities in Canada.
		Montreal can be found in the old part of Montreal.
		Between 1642 and 1759, Montreal was a French town and in 1760, this
	www.cvm.qc.ca /corton/6432/berta_biscevic.htm (215 words)

	The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However, the decades of conflict convinced the French that a comprehensive peace treaty was essential to prepare New France for the upcoming struggle against the English.
		The objective of the 1701 meeting in Montreal was to bring together various Indian allies of New France, the French, and the Iroquois.
		Historians, at least those who care to mention the event at all, tend to see the Great Peace either as a huge victory for the western Indians or a triumph of the Iroquois' negotiating skills.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/833/diplomacy5.html (754 words)

	The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century. Translated by Phyllis Aronoff ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century.
		Although it did not quell all the conflicts in the area, the treaty did mark the beginning of Iroquois neutrality and the end of decades of intermittent warfare between the Five Nations and the Franco-Native coalition.
		To this end, Havard presents the Great Peace both as a process and an event, using ethnohistorical techniques throughout to combat the Eurocentrism of the documentary sources (principally the French official correspondence and Bacqueville).
	www.utpjournals.com /product/utq/721/721_review_wien.html (776 words)

	Totem poles for peace [Jardin botanique de Montréal]
		The project "Totem poles for peace" consists in marking the Montréal landscape with the active presence of its first inhabitants in the symbolic universe of the city.
		The installation of 40 totem poles rests on the central elements of Native spirituality and is a reminder of the 40 signatories of the Peace of 1701.
		Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau is both an invited artist and the commissioner of the installation.
	www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca /jardin/en/propos/mats.htm (247 words)

	Buck: Native Messengers of God in Canada?
		Under the shade of this Tree of the Great Peace we spread the soft white feathery down of the globe thistle as seats for you, Adodarhoh, and your cousin Lords.
		Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace, one to the north, one to the east, one to the south and one to the west.
		They would distrust their leaders and the principles of peace of the League, and a great white serpent was to come upon the Iroquois, and that for a time it would intermingle with the Indian people and would be accepted by the Indians, who would treat the serpent as a friend.
	bahai-library.com /bsr/bsr06/66_buck_messengers.htm (14723 words)

	Winding through the woods: to celebrate the cultures of the aboriginal peoples of Quebec and the natural landscapes in ...
		Winding through the woods: to celebrate the cultures of the aboriginal peoples of Quebec and the natural landscapes in which they evolved, this pavilion in the Montreal Botanical Garden evocatively enhances and responds to the woods in which it is set
		Designed as a permanent commemoration of the great peace of Montreal negotiated by the French and the aboriginal people in 1701, the First Nations Garden Pavilion in that city's Botanical Gardens creates a place where visitors can learn about the cultures of Quebec's 11 aboriginal nations and a venue for sharing First Nation wisdom.
		Confronted with the problem of designing a building for a diverse group of people whose existence was traditionally focused on the natural landscape, the architects chose first to study the land.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1292_216/ai_n6358814 (430 words)

	Old Montréal / Centuries of History - A Fortified Town
		In 1701, the Great Peace Treaty of Montréal was signed with a large number of Amerindian nations, putting an end to the war with the Iroquois; and in 1713, the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht ended the war between France and England.
		The Great Peace was signed in Montréal, between the French colony and the Iroquois and many other Amerindian nations.
		The Treaty of Versailles granted the territory to the south of the Great Lakes to the United States.
	www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca /histoire/eng/forta.htm (443 words)

	1701-1800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The region located along the Ottawa River is not colonised during the French regime to maintain the fur trade with the natives who lived there.
		Since 1695 Cadieux undertook, to conduct boats in the region of the Great Lakes to bring furs.
		Joseph Mondion sold the post and the farm that he built at the Chats to a Montreal society; Thomas and John Forsyth and John Richardson.
	www.fortcoulonge.qc.ca /avant_1800_a.htm (869 words)

	Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The French Origins of the Canadian Population from 1608 to 1759 The Settlement of Montreal
		The parishes of old Montreal accompanied by a map depicting their approximate location as well as photographs of them.
		This is an area very rich in Montreal history and if your research leads you to this region then these sites are a must to visit.
	www.dubreuilfamilytree.homestead.com (285 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-native diplomacy in the seventeenth century: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		1,300 represents of forty First Nations (which ranged from the Maritimes to the Great Lakes and from James Bay to southern Illinois) met with the French at Montreal and, after a month-long ceremony, signed "The Great Peace of Montreal" which ended the Iroquois wars.
		The treaty process illustrates the extend of cultural interchange between the French and their Native allies and the crucial role the Native Americans would later play in the French conflicts with the Iroquois and the British.
		The Great Peace Of Montreal Of 1701 is a scholarly and invaluable contribution to both Canadian history and Native American studies.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0773522190 (632 words)

	Montreal Vacation Rentals house - Montreal Oasis of Peace, Great for Families
		Montreal Vacation Rentals house - Montreal Oasis of Peace, Great for Families
		District is 75 years old, mature trees, house recently renovated with a view to preserve original cachet.
		The city of Montreal is known for its nightlife and non-stop festivals during the summer season.
	www.cyberrentals.com /Canada/Quebec/vacation-house-Montreal/p117604.htm (300 words)

	Eastern Door Volume 10 Number 16 Story 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Native community was not too pleased and brought the issue to court and won.
		This exhibit is a part of the 300th anniversary commemorative celebration for the Great Peace of Montreal Treaty.
		In 1701 the city of Montreal, population 1,200, was the setting for peace negotiations which saw an end to nearly a century of warfare between the French and the Native allies and the Iroquois Confederacy.
	www.easterndoor.com /archives/10-16/10-16-3.htm (365 words)

	Phyllis Aronoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Phyllis Aronoff lives in Montreal and works as a translator.
		She and Howard Scott were awarded the 2001 Quebec Writers' Federation Translation Award for The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701.
		The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 (with co-translator Howard Scott), Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, forthcoming.
	www.attlc-ltac.org /Aronoff.htm (324 words)

	First Nations Garden Pavilion
		The pavilion is part of the First Nations Garden, a permanent commemoration of the great peace of Montreal of 1701 and a cultural exhibition of the first inhabitants of North America.
		The pavilion covers about 2% of the garden, acting like a porous border between the Garden's two halves (spruce and maple).
		As well, portions are located underground, even some displays straddling the ground plane.
	www.archidose.org /Nov04/110104a.html (97 words)

	Musée McCord Museum - Living Words: Aboriginal Diplomats of the 18th Century
		Drawing on the McCord’s archival documents and exceptional collection of Aboriginal objects, the exhibition invites visitors to discover the subtleties and eloquence of Native diplomacy, and to participate in living traditions of intercultural peace.
		As a complement to the exhibition, and in collaboration with l’École montréalaise, a provincial education program, the McCord recently offered workshops on Native iconography and culture to 22 classes of elementary students from around the Island of Montreal.
		The sculptures created by the students in response to their initiation to Native culture were then assembled to form The Tree of Peace, a monolithic mixed-media installation featured prominently in the exhibition.
	www.mccord-museum.qc.ca /en/exhibitions/143d.html (266 words)

	Exhibitions/Encounter/Iroquois Envoys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		By ratifying the Treaty of 1701, or Great Peace of Montréal, the Iroquois agreed to remain neutral in conflicts between the French and English in America.
		This required endless diplomacy on their part, in order to stay on good terms with both sides.
		In 1748, the Governor General of New France, Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, assembled the Iroquois in Québec to have them reaffirm their intention of remaining at peace with the English and the French.
	www.champlain2004.org /html/04/09_e.html (91 words)

	Computer Integration Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		You and your partner are to create a set of animal trading cards (4) for the four biomes:Tropical Forest, St. Lawrence Marine and Polar World and Laurentian Forest.
		You are a reporter for the local newspaper, and your editor has assigned you to write a week long special on Great Canadians.
		An excellent explanation of WebQuests and their relationship to the "new" Quebec Curriculum by Sabine Cossette, ICT Consultant, English Montreal School Board.
	www.swlauriersb.qc.ca /english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/cia.htm (880 words)

	WMU History Department-Research News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Gilles Havard, The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century.
		Review of The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 by Gilles Havard, in The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, LX, 1 (January 2003): 222-25.
		Lloyd Keith, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's UP, 2001) in Canadian Historical Review 83:3 (September 2002), 437-8.
	www.wmich.edu /history/research/archive/2003-04/reviews.html (641 words)

	Contact of the Southern Algonquians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		After the conclusion of the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701, the Iroquois in the area remained quiet for quite a while.
		They reinforced their military positions because of the British presence in Ohio and for fear that their trade alliances with Indian peoples would crumble.
		The French also feared that the Fox, the only Algonquian people of the Great Lakes who openly opposed them, might pick up where their Iroquois allies had left off.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /premieres_nations/en/s_algonquians/relation3.html (93 words)

	Find in a Library: The Great Peace : chronicle of a diplomatic saga
		Find in a Library: The Great Peace : chronicle of a diplomatic saga
		The Great Peace : chronicle of a diplomatic saga
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/3bac91757c7ff48aa19afeb4da09e526.html (89 words)

	Eastern Door Volume 10 Number 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Quebec Premier Bernard Landry's inaugural address in the National Assembly yesterday left a lot unsaid as far as his policy regarding Aboriginals is concerned.
		The kick-off ceremony for the celebration of the so-called Great Peace of Montreal, or 1701 Treaty was held at the Pointe-À-Callière Museum in Montreal this past Wednesday.
		The year-long fest will culminate in a grand reenactment this coming August.
	www.easterndoor.com /archives/10-09/10-09.htm (197 words)

	CBC.ca - Canada's News, Business, Sports, Health & Science, Arts, and Kids Information Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Israel launched air strikes near Beirut for the first time in nearly a week early Thursday.
		A manhunt was launched Wednesday afternoon after prisoner Sylvain Hamel, 35, escaped from a bus on his way to the Montreal courthouse.
		Mourners filled a Montreal chapel on Wednesday for the funeral of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan.
	www.cbc.ca (800 words)

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