This is just a little introduction to what treaties, and treaty 6 is about. Treaty 6
Treaty 6
Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Canadian monarch and the Plain and Wood Cree, assinibin, and other band governments of first nations at FortCarlton, Fort Pitt and Battle river. The area agreed upon by the Plain and Wood Cree represents most of the central area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. One Manitoba band also signed on to the treaty by adhesion in 1898. The treaty signings began in August 1876, with adhesions added in 1898 in central Saskatchewan in the Montreal Lake area.
Reasons
At this time, the buffalo were disappearing at an alarming rate, because they were being systematically killed by the European settlers for fur and meat. The chiefs realized that if they did not sign a treaty with the crown they might starve. A second major reason for the signing of the treaty was that smallpox had recently been introduced by settlers and spread through the area, killing many of the Cree who had no immunity to this new disease.
Terms
The Plain and Wood Cree Tribes of Indians, and all other the Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter described and defined, do hereby cede, release, surrender and yield up to the Government of the Dominion of Canada, for Her Majesty the Queen and Her successors forever, all their rights, titles and privileges, whatsoever, to the lands included within the following limits.