Treaties

 First there were the Friendship treaties. The Bison roamed the prairies, the European settlers were still new to the land and needed help to survive. The Peguis-Selkirk treaty is below.  Then came the numbered treaties, when the country Canada existed and wanted to make room for European settlers. Paying attention to our class discussion and the links above, and this link,

In 1871, the first of the numbered treaties were signed, which we will talk about much more as the course goes on. Above our medals handed out with the signing of the numbered treaties. In your groups, compare what the  CHIPPEWA AND CREE of the Prairies received with Treaty 1 to what the SAULTEAUX AND SWAMPY CREE received four years later in their treaty. 

British Columbia joins Canada, but only after a promise has been made, and all the the HBC land is now in Canada's hand.

Looking at the map and knowing that land agreements are being signed with the 1st Nations, what is Canada now poised to do?