Treaty 6 150

06/04/2026

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06/04/2026

Lloydminster Public School Division completed their 350 KM voyage from Fort Pitt to Fort Carlton, SK today to commemorate the 150th year of Treaty 6. Mirroring the same journey that took place in 1876.

ᐯᒥᐢᑲ Pêmiska Tourism proudly greeted the students with leadership from Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation and Onion Lake Cree Nation to offer them hot stew and bannock.

06/04/2026

Visit Fort Carlton this August 20-23 to commemorate Treaty 6 150th!

These students from Lloydminster Public School Division completed a true act of allyship, and demonstrated commitment to being good treaty partners by engaging in a 350 KM voyage where they learned from the land & waters, Indigenous leaders from Onion Lake Cree Nation, each other, and about the journey that was followed on 1876 while Treaty was being negotiated.

06/02/2026

Another delegation of Treaty 6 leadership met with King Charles III today to reiterate that Royal attendance is requested at Fort Carlton to commemorate Treaty 6 150 at Fort Carlton.

05/22/2026

📣Students to paddle 348-kilometre route between Fort Pitt and Fort Carlton to honour Treaty 6!

What an amazing initiative organized by Lloydminster Public School Division! Our team looks forward to greeting you at Fort Carlton - and extending an invitation to continue the voyager this August 20-23 at Fort Carlton. 🛶

Read more: https://www.lpsd.ca/schools/programs/treaty-6-150-commermorative-canoe-voyage

05/22/2026

Let’s celebrate this amazing voyage!

05/21/2026

05/18/2026

05/14/2026

📖🪶 As we move toward the 150th year of Treaty 6, we will be sharing a series of artifacts that help tell the story of Treaty 6.

Before Treaty 6 was signed at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt in 1876 — and before later adhesions expanded the Treaty relationship across the territory — Chiefs and leadership across the plains were already calling on the Crown to establish a new relationship through Treaty.

One of the most important petitions came from Chief Sweetgrass and Kehewin (The Little Hunter), sent through Fort Edmonton Hudson’s Bay Company Chief Factor William Joseph Christie on April 13, 1871:

“𝓦𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼; 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓽𝔂, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶... 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓯𝓾𝓻-𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓼, 𝓱𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽... 𝓦𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮, 𝓽𝓸𝓸𝓵𝓼, 𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮.”

The petition also spoke of the devastating starvation and smallpox that had swept through their communities:

“𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵-𝓹𝓸𝔁 𝓽𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓵𝓭, 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷.”

Other petitions followed from Cree leadership at Whitefish Lake, including Chief Pakan (James Seenum), affirming their rights and relationship to lands, be recognized by the Crown, while Reverend George McDougall warned of growing tensions across the plains and urged British authority be established peacefully “𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓼.”

These petitions remind us that Treaty 6 was created with vision and foresight. It emerged during a time of immense change, hardship, diplomacy, and uncertainty — and from First Nations leaders actively advocating for the future of their people.

Over the coming months, we’ll continue sharing pieces of this history leading up to the Treaty 6 150th Commemoration at Fort Carlton August 20-23, 2026.