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Treaty 4: text, orders in council and adhesions
This federal transcription brings together the Treaty 4 document, government orders and later adhesions. It supports close comparison with Treaty 6 while keeping their different written terms and histories distinct.
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- Publisher / custodian
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Source date
- 1874 treaty; 1966 Queen's Printer transcription
- Source type
- Primary document
- Format
- Text
- Regions
- Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta
- Peoples / communities
- Cree, Saulteaux, other signatory First Nations
- Treaties
- Treaty 4
Read with context
Written federal record; neither an original facsimile nor a complete record of First Nations understandings.
Questions to investigate
- Compare the written reserve-land and education provisions with Treaty 6.
- What do the orders in council reveal about the government's priorities?
Access and reuse
- Access
- link-only
- Rights / reuse
- External link only in this collection. No reuse permission is granted by this record; check publisher terms before copying or hosting source material. Publisher rights information ↗
- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Opened official HTML; identifies 15 September 1874 treaty and 1966 transcription; page warns layout is not exactly like the original.
Copy-ready citation
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Treaty 4: text, orders in council and adhesions. 1874 treaty; 1966 Queen's Printer transcription. https://www.rcaanc.gc.ca/eng/1100100028689/1581293019940. Record checked 2026-09-30.
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