''Treaty 11'', the last of the

Numbered Treaties The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) ...

, was an agreement established between 1921 and 1922 between King

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and various

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band governments in what is today the Northwest Territories. Henry Anthony Conroy was appointed treaty commissioner and conducted the negotiations and signings in 1921. However, he was unable to gain signatures from some bands in the Liard district during that summer. Further complicating matters was Conroy's death in April 1922. Thomas William Harris, the

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, Conroy's replacement, conducted the remaining treaty signings at Liard in July 1922. The signatories included Bishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie.Treaty No. 11 (27 June 1921) and Adhesion (17 July 1922) with Reports, etc.
/ref> The boundary between Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 is ambiguous. The

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is a signatory to Treaty 8, but according to the text of the treaties the Yellowknife Nation's territory, known as Chief Drygeese Territory, is within Treaty 11.

Timeline

* 27 June 1921: Fort Providence signing * 11 July 1921:

signing * 13 July 1921: Fort Wrigley signing * 15 July 1921: Fort Norman signing * 21 July 1921: Good Hope signing * 26 July 1921: Arctic Red River signing * 28 July 1921: Fort McPherson signing * 22 August 1921: Fort Rae signing * 27 April 1922: treaty commissioner Henry Anthony Conroy dies * 17 July 1922: Liard signing under new commissioner Harris

List of ''Treaty 11'' First Nations

Acho Dene Koe First Nation The Acho Dene Koe First Nation is a Dene band government based in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada. Its main community is the Hamlet of Fort Liard. Acho Dene Koe First Nation has an existing treaty land claim settlement with the Govern ...

* Aklavik First Nation * Behdzi Ahda' First Nation * Dechi Laot'i First Nations * Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation * Délı̨nę First Nation * Dog Rib Rae First Nation * Fort Good Hope First Nation * Gameti First Nation * Gwichya Gwich'in First Nation * Inuvik Native Band * Jean Marie River First Nation * Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation * Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation * Nahɂą Dehé Dene Band * Pehdzeh Ki First Nation * Sambaa K'e First Nation * Tetlit Gwich'in First Nation * Tulita Dene First Nation * West Point First Nation * Wha Ti First Nation

References

External links

Treaty Texts - Treaty No. 11
from the Government of Canada

NWT Historical Timeline, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

photograph of the treaty. Further down the page are pictures of Chief Jimmy Bruneau, one of the original signatories, in his Treaty Suit.

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Timeline

List of ''Treaty 11'' First Nations

See also

References

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