Treaty 6

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Numbered Treaty agreement between the Canadian Crown and First Nations historic treaty

Treaty 6 is a historic agreement signed in 1876 between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations in what is now central Alberta and Saskatchewan, forming part of Canada’s broader Numbered Treaties framework.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty 6 canonical	13
Treaty 6 First Nations of Alberta	1
Treaty 6 Territory	1
Treaty No. 6	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4761561 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty 6
Context triple: [Numbered Treaties, hasPart, Treaty 6]

A. Treaty 7
Treaty 7 is an 1877 agreement between several First Nations of what is now southern Alberta and the Canadian government that ceded Indigenous lands in exchange for reserves, annuities, and other promises.
B. Treaty 5
Treaty 5 is one of the historic Numbered Treaties between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations, primarily covering parts of present-day Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.
C. Treaty 4
Treaty 4 is a historic agreement signed in 1874 between the Canadian Crown and several First Nations in what is now southern Saskatchewan and parts of Manitoba and Alberta, forming part of Canada’s series of Numbered Treaties that enabled prairie settlement in exchange for reserved lands and promised benefits.
D. Treaty 3
Treaty 3 is a historic agreement signed in 1873 between the Canadian Crown and the Ojibwe (Saulteaux) peoples, covering lands in what are now northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba as part of Canada’s Numbered Treaties.
E. Treaty 2
Treaty 2 is one of the early post-Confederation agreements between the Canadian Crown and First Nations, primarily concerning land cession and the establishment of reserves in what is now Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty 6
Target entity description: Treaty 6 is a historic agreement signed in 1876 between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations in what is now central Alberta and Saskatchewan, forming part of Canada’s broader Numbered Treaties framework.

A. Treaty 7
Treaty 7 is an 1877 agreement between several First Nations of what is now southern Alberta and the Canadian government that ceded Indigenous lands in exchange for reserves, annuities, and other promises.
B. Treaty 5
Treaty 5 is one of the historic Numbered Treaties between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations, primarily covering parts of present-day Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.
C. Treaty 4
Treaty 4 is a historic agreement signed in 1874 between the Canadian Crown and several First Nations in what is now southern Saskatchewan and parts of Manitoba and Alberta, forming part of Canada’s series of Numbered Treaties that enabled prairie settlement in exchange for reserved lands and promised benefits.
D. Treaty 3
Treaty 3 is a historic agreement signed in 1873 between the Canadian Crown and the Ojibwe (Saulteaux) peoples, covering lands in what are now northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba as part of Canada’s Numbered Treaties.
E. Treaty 2
Treaty 2 is one of the early post-Confederation agreements between the Canadian Crown and First Nations, primarily concerning land cession and the establishment of reserves in what is now Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered Treaty ⓘ agreement between the Canadian Crown and First Nations ⓘ historic treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty No. 6 ⓘ linked to: Treaty 6
appliesToJurisdiction	Alberta ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ
appliesToRegion	central Alberta ⓘ central Saskatchewan ⓘ
category	Treaties between the Crown and Indigenous peoples of Canada ⓘ linked to: Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada
containsProvision	annual treaty payments ⓘ education provisions ⓘ famine and pestilence relief clause ⓘ farming assistance ⓘ hunting and fishing rights ⓘ medicine chest clause ⓘ reserve lands for First Nations ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty 7 ⓘ
follows	Treaty 5 ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Indigenous land rights in central Alberta ⓘ Indigenous land rights in central Saskatchewan ⓘ
hasOngoingIssue	disputes over interpretation of treaty rights ⓘ implementation of health and education obligations ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post-Confederation Canada ⓘ
language	Cree (oral negotiations) ⓘ English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding treaty under Canadian law ⓘ
locationOfSigning	Fort Carlton, North-West Territories (historical) ⓘ Fort Pitt, North-West Territories (historical) ⓘ
mainSettlement	Fort Carlton ⓘ Fort Pitt ⓘ
negotiatedBy	First Nations leaders and chiefs ⓘ representatives of the Canadian government ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties ⓘ
purpose	to enable settlement and resource development in the Prairie region ⓘ to secure peaceful relations between the Crown and First Nations ⓘ
recognizedBy	First Nations signatories ⓘ Government of Canada ⓘ linked to: Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
relatedTo	Canadian Indigenous–Crown relations ⓘ Prairie settlement in the 19th century ⓘ
signatory	Assiniboine First Nations ⓘ Canadian Crown ⓘ linked to: Crown in right of Canada Plains Cree First Nations ⓘ Saulteaux First Nations ⓘ linked to: Saulteaux Woodland Cree First Nations ⓘ linked to: Woods Cree
signingDate	1876-08-23 ⓘ
signingYear	1876 ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Plains Cree → treatyHistory → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Woods Cree → treatyRelationship → Treaty 6 ⓘ

College of Law (University of Saskatchewan) → locatedOnTerritoryOf → Treaty 6 Territory ⓘ

subject linked to: College of Law

linked to: Treaty 6

Treaty 7 → relatedTo → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Assiniboine people → treatySignatory → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Treaty 10 → relatedTo → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Treaty 5 → relatedTo → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Treaty 6 → alsoKnownAs → Treaty No. 6 ⓘ

linked to: Treaty 6

First Nations in Saskatchewan → hasTreatyRelationship → Treaty 6 ⓘ

First Nations in Manitoba → hasTreaty → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Saulteaux → treatyInvolved → Treaty 6 ⓘ

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation → isSignatoryTo → Treaty 6 ⓘ

First Nations in Alberta → hasTreatyRelationship → Treaty 6 ⓘ

First Nations in Alberta → hasOrganization → Treaty 6 First Nations of Alberta ⓘ

linked to: Treaty 6

Mathias Colomb Cree Nation → treaty → Treaty 6 ⓘ

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