Treaty 8 and Northern Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Smillie
Saskatchewan History, vol. 59, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 16-26
Description
Provides a history of the negotiations of Treaty 8, beginning with an 1879 petition to the federal government from the peoples in Stanley, Pelican Narrows, and Île-à-la Crosse for a treaty and support with food and clothing. Note the government’s disinclination to treat with the First Nations until they required the land for settlement.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 16.