In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company received a charter from King Charles II, granting it a trading monopoly over the watershed of rivers and streams flowing into Hudson Bay, an area called Rupert'
How does Treaty 7 impact First Nations people today?
because the treaties even though they are history we still need to learn this stuff so then we can put this into every day life and then also so we can see then to now
Why are we continuing this discussion today?
Why are treaties important to Canadian history?
Treaties
What is the Indian Act? When was it signed?
Starting in 1701, in what was to eventually become Canada, the British Crown entered into solemn treaties to encourage peaceful relations between First Nations and non-Aboriginal people. Over the next several centuries, treaties were signed to define, among other things, the respective rights of Aboriginal people and governments to use and enjoy lands that Aboriginal people traditionally occupied.
What were the underlying reasons for the signing of Treaties in Canada?
The Numbered Treaties are a series of eleven treaties signed between the Aboriginal peoples in Canada
How many treaties are there in Canada?
Map of Treaties in Canada
Treaty 7
Which First Nation Chiefs signed Treaty 7?
David Bearspaw,
How did Treaty 7 affect the
First Nations People at the time?
It affected them in a good way because the queen promised payments and rights.
Why was Treaty 7 proposed and signed?
To settle the arguments over Indian rights and land
Where is Treaty 7 land located?
Provide a map.
Who (First Nations Groups) was involved in Treaty 7?|Bearspaw First Nation, Chiniki First Nation, Blood Tribe (Kainai Nation), Piikani Nation, Siksika Nation, Siksika Nation, and Wesley First Nation, , local First Nations – Siksika, Blood, Kainai (Blackfoot Confederacy), Tsuut’ina, Stoney
What was Treaty 7?
It’s an agreement between Queen Victoria and various indian tribes, giving the indians the right to continue with their ways without any troubles, but in return giving up ownership of their land. Treaty 7 is one of a family of numbered treaties signed between Canada’s First Nations and Queen Victoria between 1871 and 1921. Treaty 7 paved the way for the peaceful settlement of the Province of Alber
Perspectives
Definition:
Rupert's Land
What years was it called Rupert's Land?
The area once known as Rupert's Land is now mainly a part of Canada, but a small portion is now in the United States of America
Who owned Rupert's land?
In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company was granted a charter by King Charles II, giving it a trading monopoly over the watershed of all rivers and streams flowing into Hudson Bay, an area known as "Rupert's Land"
What is Rupert's Land?
What is colonization?
Examples: Colonization of the first 13 states of the US
i took this land its mine now
Definition: Creating a settlement far away from where you started, Setting up a colony away from one's place of origin
is an ongoing process of by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components
Residential Schools
= boarding schools where native children are forced into dominant Canadian culture via abuse.
government sponsored religious schools first established for aboriginal students.