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TREATY # 7

TREATY # 7. By Chris Devine. About Treaty 7. An agreement between Queen Victoria and several mainly Blackfoot First Nations tribes. Signed on September 22, 1877. Signed at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River.

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TREATY # 7

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  1. TREATY # 7 By Chris Devine

  2. About Treaty 7 • An agreement between Queen Victoria and several mainly Blackfoot First Nations tribes. • Signed on September 22, 1877. • Signed at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River. • Treaty 7 is one of 11 Numbered Treaties signed between First Nations and the Crown between 1871 and 1921. Queen Victoria   Blackfoot Man

  3. Chief Crowfoot • Chief Crowfoot was one of the signatories to Treaty 7. • The treaty established an area of land for the tribes called a reserve.  First Nations Reserve

  4. The Queen promised them annual payments and the continued rights to hunt. • In exchange, the tribes gave up their land. • Another signing on treaty 7 occurred on December 4, 1877 to accommodate some Blackfoot leaders who were not present at the primary September 1877 signing.

  5. In 1977, Prince Charles, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, visited Alberta to attend celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the treaty signing.

  6. Treaty 7 First Nations Kainai Nation (Blood) Piikani First Nation (Piegan)

  7. Siksika Nation (Blackfoot) Tsuu T'ina Nation (Sarcee)

  8. Stoney First Nation: • Bearspaw • Chiniki • Wesley • Assinibone Nation: • Nakota • Dakota • Lakota

  9. Thanks for watching!

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