CHEATED: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land

Name: CHEATED: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land
Start: 2025-04-03T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-04-03T20:30:00-06:00
Location: Artesian

Schedule

Thu Apr 03 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Artesian | Regina, SK

In the final installment of our 2025 Lecture Series, historian Bill Waiser examines how First Nations reserve land surrenders were not used to meet homesteader demand during the early 20th century settlement boom, but rather to line the pockets of politicians and others.
Admission is by donation - suggested donation of $10 per person to support Heritage Regina's educational programming. Copies of Bill and co-author Jennie Hansen's book "CHEATED: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Land" will be available for purchase after the lecture.
About the speaker:
Bill Waiser is one of Canada’s foremost historians. Bill was a professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan for over 30 years. He was named Distinguished Professor Emeritus after his retirement from the university. Waiser has also worked as a Yukon Historian for Parks Canada. Now a full-time writer and public speaker, Waiser has written 21 books, with his most recent entitled “Cheated: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land”, the topic of this year’s lecture. Waiser has been a recipient of several awards and honours, including the Order of Canada, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Waiser has also had regular columns in many Canadian newspapers.
For more information about our 2025 Lecture Series, visit heritageregina.ca.

Photo retrieved from The Globe and Mail.