Collection search - Selkirk Treaty, Western Treaty No.1 - IT 257

GAD Reference number: IT 257;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 124(1)
Aboriginal people(s): "Chippeway or Sautaux nation, and of the Kiltistino or Cree Nation";
Aboriginal individual(s): Matchi Whewab (Le Sonnant), Mechkadewiunah (La Robe Noire), Kayayuskebinoa (L'Homme Noir) Pegwiss, Ouckidoat (Premier);
Other party(ies): Rt. Hon. Thomas Earl of Selkirk for King George III
Type of Document: Treaty involving extinguishment of aboriginal title and surrender of land - Docket title: "Indian Deed"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of land in consideration of an annual payment of tobacco
Land involved: "all that tract of land adjacent to Red River and Assiniboyne River" between the mouth of the Red River and the forks at the mouth of the Red Lake River "and along the Assiniboyne River as far as the Musk rat River" etc. - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document has four doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) and clan signatures.

The document is laminated with tissue. The sheets are of different sizes and colours (possibly put together later).

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 285-286.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9939.

Exhibition title: Library and Archives Canada - Canadiana Exhibition, LAC 395 Wellington, Ottawa, ON; 2017.06.05 - 2018.03.18

IT 255 - Western Treaty No. 1, IT 256 - "Outside Promises", IT 258 - Map (c.1817), IT 259 - Map (c.1871)