Treaty 1

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Treaty 1 is a foundational 1871 agreement between the Canadian Crown and several First Nations in what is now southern Manitoba, marking the beginning of the Numbered Treaties era in Canada.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Treaty 1 canonical 5
First of the Numbered Treaties 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown–Indigenous treaty ⓘ
Numbered Treaty ⓘ
historic treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First of the Numbered Treaties ⓘ
linked to: Treaty 1
appliesToRegion Red River Valley ⓘ
area around present-day Winnipeg ⓘ
southern Manitoba ⓘ
commemoration Treaty 1 Territory acknowledgements in Manitoba ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crownRepresentative Lieutenant Governor Adams George Archibald ⓘ
era Numbered Treaties era ⓘ
linked to: Numbered Treaties
followedBy Treaty 2 ⓘ
historicalSignificance first of the post-Confederation Numbered Treaties in Canada ⓘ
foundation of Crown–Indigenous relations in southern Manitoba ⓘ
languageOfOriginalText English ⓘ
legalStatus still in force ⓘ
locationSigned Lower Fort Garry ⓘ
linked to: Fort Garry
monarchRepresented Queen Victoria ⓘ
ongoingIssues disputes over land entitlement ⓘ
implementation of education and economic provisions ⓘ
interpretation of treaty promises ⓘ
partOf Numbered Treaties ⓘ
providesFor annual treaty payments to First Nations members ⓘ
creation of Indian reserves ⓘ
distribution of farming implements ⓘ
provision of livestock ⓘ
provision of school on each reserve when desired ⓘ
purpose to establish ongoing obligations of the Crown toward signatory First Nations ⓘ
to secure land for settlement and railway development ⓘ
relatedTo Canadian westward expansion ⓘ
Manitoba Act, 1870 ⓘ
requires First Nations to cede, release and surrender vast tracts of land to the Crown ⓘ
sequenceNumber 1 ⓘ
signatoryParty Anishinaabe First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation ⓘ
linked to: Chippewa Nation

Canadian Crown ⓘ
Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council (successor organizations) ⓘ
Long Plain First Nation ⓘ
Peguis First Nation ⓘ
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation ⓘ
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation ⓘ
Swampy Cree First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree

Swan Lake First Nation ⓘ
signingDate 1871-08-03 ⓘ
subject agricultural assistance ⓘ
annuity payments ⓘ
education provisions ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
reserve creation ⓘ
yearSigned 1871 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 1 ⓘ
Treaty 1 → alsoKnownAs → First of the Numbered Treaties ⓘ
linked to: Treaty 1
Treaty 2 → follows → Treaty 1 ⓘ
Treaty 5 → relatedTo → Treaty 1 ⓘ
Saulteaux → treatyInvolved → Treaty 1 ⓘ