The Cost of Broken Treaties

Quiet Canines Podcast · Aug 23, 2026 · 2m

Canada is at war with the United States because they don’t honor their agreements. The Mi’kmaq First Nation knows exactly how the Prime Minister feels. In 1726, they signed a Peace and Friendship Treaty with the British. The deal was that the two nations would peacefully coexist. Britain would build some settlements. And the Mi’kmaq culture and traditional ways of life would be respected.

But over time, the British behaved as though the Mi’kmaq were British subjects living inside British territory. Does that sound familiar? The dispute became one over sovereignty, territory and whether…