Treaty 7 territory

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Treaty 7 territory is a historic Indigenous land area in southern Alberta, Canada, defined by the 1877 Treaty 7 agreement between several First Nations and the Crown.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Treaty 7 territory canonical 6
Kainai Nation reserve in Alberta 1
Treaty 7 area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic Indigenous land area
treaty territory
associatedWithPeople Blackfoot peoples
linked to: Blackfoot

Dene people of Tsuut’ina
linked to: Tsuu T’ina people

Nakoda peoples
linked to: Assiniboine people
colonialCounterparty Crown in Right of Canada
Crown in Right of the United Kingdom
country Canada
culturalSignificance central to Blackfoot Confederacy history
central to Treaty 7 First Nations identity
currentCrownRepresentativeAtSigning Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories
definedBy Treaty 7 agreement
linked to: Treaty 7
governedBy Treaty 7
hasLanguageTraditions Blackfoot language
Nakoda language
Tsuut’ina language
historicallyOccupiedBy Blackfoot Confederacy
linked to: Blackfoot

Stoney Nakoda people
Tsuu T’ina people
includesCity Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
includesRegion Bow River basin
linked to: Bow River

Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
Oldman River basin
South Saskatchewan River basin
parts of the Canadian Rockies
includesTraditionalTerritoryOf Bearspaw First Nation
Chiniki First Nation
Kainai Nation
Piikani Nation
Siksika Nation
Stoney Nakoda Nations
Tsuut’ina Nation
linked to: Tsuutʼina Nation

Wesley First Nation
legalFramework Numbered Treaties system
linked to: Numbered Treaties
locatedIn Alberta
Prairies region of Canada
southern Alberta
namedAfter Treaty 7
partOf Numbered Treaties territories
linked to: Numbered Treaties
preTreatyUse camping areas
gathering areas
hunting grounds
recognizedIn Canadian constitutional law
Indigenous–Crown treaty relationships in Canada
timePeriod post-1877 colonial period in western Canada
treatyNumber 7
treatySignedAt Blackfoot Crossing
treatySignedIn 1877
treatySignedOn 1877-09-22

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Referenced by (9)

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

Piikani Nation region Treaty 7 territory
Treaty 7 region Treaty 7 territory
Mount Royal Conservatory locatedOnTerritoryOf Treaty 7 region
linked to: Treaty 7 territory
Siksika 146 partOf Treaty 7 area
linked to: Treaty 7 territory
Blood 148 Indian reserve locatedIn Treaty 7 territory
Bearspaw First Nation locatedIn Treaty 7 territory
Kainai dialect associatedWithReserve Kainai Nation reserve in Alberta
linked to: Treaty 7 territory
Káínai locatedWithin Treaty 7 territory
Blood 148 partOf Treaty 7 territory