CA-K176Indigenous peoples & reconciliation
Chief Peguis and the Selkirk Treaty of 1817
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Chief Peguis (1774–1864), a skilled hunter and diplomat, worked to protect the rights and interests of the Anishinaabeg of Red River and stepped in to save lives when fur trade hostilities threatened the Selkirk Settlement. He was one of five First Nations negotiators of the Selkirk Treaty of 1817, the first agreement permitting limited farmland access to settlers in western Canada.
Scope & context
His leadership and the 1817 treaty, not later disputes over the treaty or the history of Peguis First Nation.
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