Numbered Treaties

Definition of Numbered Treaties

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Numbered Treaties: Treaties had been signed with many Native groups in Eastern Canada prior to confederation. With Confederation in 1867 and the purchase of lands from the Hudson Bay Company, Canada assumed responsibility for the Natives of Western Canada and beginning in the 1870s negotiations were begun with Native groups. These negotiations resulted in treaties which were numbered, and are still known by those numbers. The total number eventually reached 11.

Numbered Treaties: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Numbered Treaties. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada