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Festivals and Events

7e Festival de la littérature de l'Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois From May 11 to 19, 2001

To commemorate the Great Peace of Montréal, a complete day of activities is planned to promote Native culture. Some 30 Native creators (artists, musicians, writers and storytellers), will be participating Sunday, May 13, 2001, in activities organized jointly by Native artists and Land InSights. Information: (514) 849-8540

 

The Great Peace of Montréal August 4, 2001

A program of varieties will be produced by Guy Latraverse for Sogestalt 2001. Entitled La Grande Paix, it will be inspired by the Great Peace of Montréal. The production will appear on Radio-Canada and TV5 in the 2001-2002 season. Recorded at Place-des-Arts' Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on August 4, 2001, 300 years to the day of the treaty's ratification, the show will inform on the relations between the Amerindians and the French back then. With a strong emotional bent, the production intends to inform the general public, through the participation of Native and Québec artists, on a major and relatively unknown event in our history.

 

From August 8 to 12, 2001

Underscoring the relations between the French and the Amerindians following the signing of the Great Peace of Montréal in 1701, coureurs des bois, Natives, peasants and bourgeois will fraternize, re-enacting important moments of our history for the enjoyment of sightseers. Thirteen sites will be manned by more than 350 inhabitants of New France and 400 artists, musicians, dancers, singers and comedians will be exercising their talents in a festive atmosphere. Information: (418) 694-3311

 

From June 22 to October 8, 2001

The exhibition Mosaïcultures Internationales, the event of the past year in Montréal, is returning to the Parc des Écluses in the Old Port and will be tying in with the Great Peace of Montréal. Information: (514) 868-4000

The organizations, publishing houses and specialized magazines

The ups and downs of a youthful colony: Detroit under the French régime Spring 2001

In its Memoirs (vol. 52, no 1, cahier 227), the Société généalogique canadienne-française publishes a susbtantial article on the beginnings of the City of Detroit. The author, Mrs. Lina Gouger, informs the reader on the history of this city whose foundation is directly linked to the signing of the Great Peace of Montréal treaty. Information: (514) 527-1010

 

A new look on our history February 17, 2001

The Société historique de Montréal sponsored a conference by Jean-Pierre Sawaya, Les sept nations du Canada, 1760-1860 on Saturday, February 17, 2001, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History.

Montréal en tête Bulletin de la Société historique de Montréal

The Société historique publishes under the pen of Mr. Léo Beaudoin an article on the tricentennial of the Great Peace of Montréal. Volume 9, no 1, winter 2001. Information: (514) 878-9008

 

Héritage Montréal and the Great Peace of Montréal of 1701

Héritage Montréal, an organization founded in 1975 to promote and protect Montréal's and Québec's historical and architectural legacy, will underscore the 300th anniversary of the Great Peace in its program of urban visits, proposing in particular a special architectural tour showcasing the Amerindian influence on the Montréal of 2001. Information: (514) 286-2662

 

The Old Port of Montréal Corporation will be collaborating in the program of activities of the Corporation des fêtes de la Grande Paix de Montréal through the provision of services and technical support. Information: (514) 283-5256

 

A commemorative stamp

Next August 3, Canada Post will be sharing in the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Great Peace of Montréal through the issue of a commemorative stamp listing the internal postal rate of 47¢. The stamp was designed by Normand Tessier and illustrated by Francis Back, both Montrealers. They collaborated to show the efforts of those who strived to compromise in order to reach a settlement leading to the ratification of the Great Peace of Montréal. The production run will total 4 million units in sheets of 16 stamps. Information: 1-800-565-4362

 

In its publication for the young, Mon magazine, whose theme this year is Au-delà des différences, the Foundation will make room for the Great Peace of Montréal. Youngsters will be invited to draft the text of a peace treaty and then have it signed by all their schoolmates. Information: (514) 288-3888

 

1701 La Grande Paix de Montréal May 28, 2001

In association with the Corporation des fêtes la Grande Paix de Montréal, publisher Libre Expression will produce a book on the history of the Great Peace in the form of letters and special abundantly illustrated sections. The publication will be written in the epistolary style so commonly used in the days of the Great Peace. This work of 128 pages in color will be available in French and English. Information: (514) 872-7858

 

June 2001

The magazine is preparing an issue on the theme: Montréal, a hub for explorations into the continent. These explorations were at the origin of French establishments in America. The French fact in America is the focus of the authors of this special issue. An article will also be dedicated to the history of Montréal in the 17th and 18th centuries. A special section will be devoted to the Great Peace of Montréal of 1701 as a key moment in the city's 18th century history. Information: (418) 656-5040

 

The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 : French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century Mid-July, 2001

English adaptation of historian Gilles Havard's work La Grande Paix de Montréal de 1701. Les voies de la diplomatie franco-amérindienne. This work brings to life the European and Amerindian protagonists who participated in the major event that was the signing of the Peace treaty in 1701. The book underscores the varied interests and strategies that drove both the Amerindian Nations and the Europeans at that time. A truly fascinating look at the jousts that were conducted according to the ancestral rules of Amerindian protocol. Information: (514) 398-3750

 

Montréal, 1701 Planter l'arbre de paix - Le tricentenaire May 2001

After having published, in 1992, Gilles Havard's work La Grande Paix de Montréal de 1701. Les voies de la diplomatie franco-amérindienne, the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec is back again with the publication of a synthesis by Mr. Gilles Havard. This work is destined to inform the public on a most important and unknown episode in our history.

 

Special issue supervised by Gilles Havard and Denys Delâge Volume XXXI, No 2 - La Grande Paix de Montréal Publication date: July 2001

Recherches amérindiennes au Québec will be publishing a special issue on the Great Peace. This issue will comprise seven different articles by as many authors and will include illustrations of historic scenes by François Girard. The texts will bear on various aspects of this historical event of international importance. The following will be dealt with: the Chiefs in the French-Amerindian alliance; the origins of the Seven-Fire Alliance; the locations of the Amerindian encampments in Montréal as well as a reflection on the situation of Amerindians 300 years later. The cost of this special issue is $16. Information: (514) 277-6178

 

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