Treaty 6

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Numbered Treaty agreement between the Canadian Crown and First Nations historic treaty

Treaty 6 is a historic agreement signed in 1876 between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations in what is now central Alberta and Saskatchewan, forming part of Canada’s broader Numbered Treaties framework.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty 6 canonical	5
Treaty 6 Territory	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered Treaty ⓘ agreement between the Canadian Crown and First Nations ⓘ historic treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToRegion	central Alberta ⓘ central Saskatchewan ⓘ
category	Treaties between the Crown and Indigenous peoples of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProvision	annual treaty payments ⓘ education provisions ⓘ famine and pestilence relief clause ⓘ farming assistance ⓘ hunting and fishing rights ⓘ medicine chest clause ⓘ reserve lands for First Nations ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Treaty 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Indigenous land rights in central Alberta ⓘ Indigenous land rights in central Saskatchewan ⓘ
hasOngoingIssue	disputes over interpretation of treaty rights ⓘ implementation of health and education obligations ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post-Confederation Canada ⓘ
language	Cree (oral negotiations) NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding treaty under Canadian law ⓘ
locationOfSigning	Fort Carlton, North-West Territories (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Pitt, North-West Territories (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSettlement	Fort Carlton NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ
negotiatedBy	First Nations leaders and chiefs ⓘ representatives of the Canadian government ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to enable settlement and resource development in the Prairie region ⓘ to secure peaceful relations between the Crown and First Nations ⓘ
recognizedBy	First Nations signatories ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Canadian Indigenous–Crown relations ⓘ Prairie settlement in the 19th century ⓘ
signatory	Assiniboine First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Cree First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Saulteaux First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodland Cree First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1876-08-23 ⓘ
signingYear	1876 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Plains Cree → treatyHistory → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Woods Cree → treatyRelationship → Treaty 6 ⓘ

College of Law → locatedOnTerritoryOf → Treaty 6 ⓘ

subject surface form: College of Law (University of Saskatchewan)

this entity surface form: Treaty 6 Territory

Treaty 7 → relatedTo → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Assiniboine people → treatySignatory → Treaty 6 ⓘ