General note:
GAD Reference number: IT 415;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 428
Aboriginal people(s): Cree, Beaver, Chippewyan and other Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Chief Kee-noo-shay-oo; Headman Duncan Tastaooits; Chief Ambrose Tête noir; Headman Kuiskuiskowcakoohoo;
Other party(ies): Commissioners Hon. David Laird, Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and Northwest Territories, James Andrew Joseph McKenna and Hon. James Hamilton Ross for Her Majesty the Queen
Type of Document: Treaty involving extinguishment of title and surrender of land
Specific purpose(s): A surrender of land in consideration of reserves to be set aside, annual payment of money; farming equipment; one time payment of money, flags and silver medals, etc. - See document
Land involved: East of the central range of the Rocky Mountains, north of Treaty Six, south of the 60th parallel west of the Hay River and then south of Great Slave Lake and east of Central Saskatchewan -See document
Form: Typescript and manuscript original
Source of title:
Title supplied from contents.
Note on the state of conservation:
Pages 1-14 are laminated with tissue. Remains or stains are probably from a red wax seal on the upper left corner of page one. Smaller red stains, in the same position, are on pages 3, 5, 9, 11, 13. Numerous holes and two parallel slashes are in the upper left corner of each sheet. Random smearing of typescript and dirty marking are also on the paper.
Citation/reference note:
Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. III, pages 290-294.
Availability of other formats note:
This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9941.
Dates of creation note:
1899/06/21 at Lesser Slave Lake; 1899/07/01 at Peace River Landing; 1899/07/08 at Vermillion
Exhibitions note:
Exhibition Title: Treaty Manuscript Exhibition, Curator: Marion Dinwoodie, Diefenbaker Canada Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2002.06.23 - 2002.11.11 (Treaty No. 8), Exhibition Title: Canadian Immigration Story: 1.4.1 Perspectives (Encroachment and Treaties). Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Halifax. Nova Scotia; 2015.05.05-2016.05.05.
Related material:
IT 416 - adhesion 25 & 27 July 1899, IT 417 - adhesion 6 July 1899, IT 418 - adhesion 13 July 1899, IT 419 - adhesion 17 July 1899, IT 420 - adhesion 4 August 1899, IT 421 - adhesion 14 August 1899, IT 422 - adhesion 8 June 1900, IT 423 - adhesion 30 May 1900, IT 424 - adhesion 23 June 1900, IT 425 - adhesion 25 July 1900, IT 426 - docket sheet
