It was the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 4 – an occasion that saw hundreds gather in Fort Qu’Appelle.
“It’s a time I think to renew our strengths, selling the promise of treaty fulfill through treaty implementation and the honouring of the spirit and intent of the treaty,” said Chief Lynn Acoose of the Zagime Anishinabek First Nation.
Dignitaries, elders and all those from across Treaty 4 territory came together for the event.
“It feels so spiritual. I can just feel the spirit of our negotiators that were talking about the treaties and how it was affecting us in that day,” said Elder Lorna Standingready.
The treaty was signed on September 15th, 1874. It was established by Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux peoples.
The treaty covers 195,000 km between Manitoba, Saskatchewan and …