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Article: Treaty 7 celebrated as vital link between peoples. (News).(Brief Article)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Fort Whoop-Up, in this southern Alberta city, is a fitting place to commemorate the signing of Treaty 7. The trading post was a vital link between the First Nations people of the Blackfoot Confederacy and the European settlers. Indeed, the fort symbolizes the changes in Native ways and one of the reasons the treaty was signed.
Treaty 7, its interpretation and its implications, were discussed by a panel of First Nations people at Fort Whoop Up on Sept. 22. The occasion marked the 124th year since the signing of the treaty between the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Peigan, Blood and Siksika Nations in Canada and the Blackfeet in Montana, and the Canadian ...