Treaty 7

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Numbered Treaty historic treaty

Treaty 7 is an 1877 agreement between several First Nations of what is now southern Alberta and the Canadian government that ceded Indigenous lands in exchange for reserves, annuities, and other promises.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty 7 canonical	8

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered Treaty ⓘ historic treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada ⓘ surface form: Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
affects	Kainai Nation ⓘ surface form: Kainai Nation reserve lands Piikani Nation ⓘ surface form: Piikani Nation reserve lands Siksika 146 Reserve, Alberta ⓘ surface form: Siksika Nation reserve lands Stoney Nakoda reserve lands ⓘ Tsuut’ina Nation reserve lands ⓘ
ceded	Indigenous title to large portions of southern Alberta ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
language	Blackfoot language ⓘ surface form: Blackfoot (oral interpretation) English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding treaty under Canadian law ⓘ
location	Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: Northwest Territories (historical) southern Alberta ⓘ
negotiatedBy	David Laird ⓘ James Farquharson Macleod ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties ⓘ
providedFor	annual annuity payments ⓘ creation of Indian reserves ⓘ provision of ammunition and twine ⓘ provision of education ⓘ provision of farm equipment ⓘ provision of livestock ⓘ provision of medical assistance ⓘ
purpose	to establish peaceful relations between the Crown and First Nations ⓘ to obtain Indigenous land for settlement and railway development ⓘ
region	Treaty 7 territory ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty 6 ⓘ Treaty 8 ⓘ
signatory	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada Kainai Nation ⓘ Piikani Nation ⓘ Siksika Nation ⓘ Stoney Nakoda Nations ⓘ Siksika Nation ⓘ surface form: Tsuu T’ina Nation
signatoryCollective	Blackfoot ⓘ surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
signatoryPeople	Kainai Nation ⓘ surface form: Kainai Assiniboine people ⓘ surface form: Nakoda (Stoney) Piikani ⓘ Blackfoot ⓘ surface form: Siksika Tsuut’ina ⓘ
signedAt	Blackfoot Crossing ⓘ
signingDate	1877-09-22 ⓘ
topic	Indigenous–Crown relations in Canada ⓘ land cession ⓘ
treatyNumber	7 ⓘ
yearSigned	1877 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blackfoot → enteredTreaty → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Plains Cree → treatyHistory → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Niitsitapi → treatyRelationship → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Piikani Nation → partyTo → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Siksika 146 Reserve, Alberta → isPartOfTreaty → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Kainai Nation → hasTreaty → Treaty 7 ⓘ

Assiniboine people → treatySignatory → Treaty 7 ⓘ