Western Treaty No. 1

Western Treaty No. 1

Western Treaty No. 1

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Introduction

A memorandum listing a number of items promised to the Chippewa and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians who surrendered land unto the Crown on the 3 August 1871 (Western Treaty No. 1). See IT255 - Western Treaty No. 1, IT257 - Selkirk Treaty, IT258 - Map (c. 1817), IT259 - Map (c. 1871), IT260 - Amendment and/or Order in Council, IT261/262 - Amendments 1875

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Cree
Nation of Origin

First Nations surrendering lands (Chippewa and Swampy Cree)

 

Place of Origin: Winnipeg, MB
Date Made or Date Range: no date (but accompanies treaty of 1871-08-03)
Seasonal time
English: Summer
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

paper, ink

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Document:

Memorandum of articles promised outside the treaty signed 3 August 1871. The articles given to members of the Chippewa and Swampy Cree Tribes include: clothing, buggies, cows, pigs, and farming implements. The animals were provided for the use of the Indians, but were to remain Government property under the superintendence of the Indian Commissioner.

Signatories:

William Simpson

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: edges worn and torn, small pieces missing
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed (?)

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty number 256
Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 285.

GKS Reference Number: 1142
How to Cite this Item

3 August 1871, Western Treaty No. 1 "Outside Promises", Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT256, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3330, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled “Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Approximate Place of Origin

49.895, -97.1384

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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