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Questions: Treaty 4

Why do you choose to study treaty 4? What year was this Treaty signed? Who were the signatories on this Treaty? What were their names? What was their Indigenous cultural background and what Indigenous communities were they a part of?

1. Describe where the Treaty is located geographically in Canada. What Province(s) does it cover and what is the land like there? Are there any other significant geographical or environmental features you feel need to be noted about this Treaty (ex: bodies of water, climate, topography)?

2. When did the Crown and Indigenous nations enter into (or begin the) negotiating process for this particular treaty and when did it end? What was happening in Canada at the time of its signing, and why might this be important?

3. Was the oral interpretation of this treaty different from the written interpretation and why does this matter? Please describe what you understand the terms of the Treaty to be; what agreement was made between the signatories (the Crown and Indigenous Nations) as a part of the terms of this Treaty? For example, what are the land allotments for both signing parties? What are the food allotments? What are the housing and medical agreements? Were there other agreements for clothing, weapons, or other trade items? What was agreed to about Indigenous hunting and fishing rights on the treaty lands?

4. Looking at this Treaty today, have there been elements of the Treaty that were not properly honored by the non-Indigenous signatories (The Crown/Canada)? If you research for current information about this Treaty today, are there any current settlement agreements still in court about this Treaty or have any modern settlements been made concerning this Treaty in the past 50 years?

5. You are asked to locate one image related to this Treaty that shows the contemporary Treaty boundaries on a map. Please cite the image and include a small summary of what the image depicts.