Treaty 4
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Treaty 4 is a historic agreement signed in 1874 between the Canadian Crown and several First Nations in what is now southern Saskatchewan and parts of Manitoba and Alberta, forming part of Canada’s series of Numbered Treaties that enabled prairie settlement in exchange for reserved lands and promised benefits.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Numbered Treaty
ⓘ
historic treaty ⓘ |
| affects | Treaty 4 First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Treaties between the Crown and Indigenous peoples of Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
File Hills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Long Lake area ⓘ Qu’Appelle Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Touchwood Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Alberta ⓘ southern Saskatchewan ⓘ southwestern Manitoba ⓘ |
| crownRepresentative | Alexander Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crownRepresentativeTitle | Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Treaty 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollectiveTitle | Qu’Appelle Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
decline of the buffalo economy on the Prairies
ⓘ
westward expansion of Canada after Confederation ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| landCession | large portions of southern prairie lands ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | still in force ⓘ |
| monarchRepresented | Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ongoingIssues | disputes over treaty interpretation and implementation ⓘ |
| partOf | Numbered Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Treaty 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
ammunition and twine
ⓘ
annual treaty payments (annuities) ⓘ clothing and medals for chiefs and headmen ⓘ farming implements and agricultural assistance ⓘ livestock ⓘ reserve lands for signatory First Nations ⓘ schools on reserves ⓘ |
| purpose |
to define relationship between First Nations and the Crown
ⓘ
to establish Indian reserves ⓘ to obtain Indigenous title to lands for prairie settlement ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indigenous land rights in Canada
ⓘ
prairie settlement ⓘ |
| signatory |
Assiniboine First Nations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Cree First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Saulteaux (Ojibwe) First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1874-09-15 ⓘ |
| signingLocation |
Fort Qu’Appelle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North-West Territories (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatyNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1874 ⓘ |
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