These volumes are a reference series for anyone interested in the history of agreements between Indians and the Crown. It is the only complete collection of the actual texts of all pre-Confederation treaties, land cessions, numbered treaties, and surrenders relating to land and governance to 1902. Documents are arranged chronologically. The index to the documents in all three volumes, contained in volume 1 is arranged alphabetically by First Nation, township, and the name of the Crown's representative in the transaction.

How divergent understandings of treaties contributed to a heritage of distrust.