Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 166, Spring, 2016, pp. 106-108
Description
Talks about a multimedia event in Calgary's Heritage Park Historical Village to increase the public understanding of the treaty signed at Blackfoot Crossing in 1877.
Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.