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.

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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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Numbered Treaties hasPart Treaty 4
Plains Cree treatyHistory Treaty 4