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Fundamental Treaty Principles

The Confederacy sets out ten Treaty principles concerning consent, nationhood, peaceful coexistence and the continuing relationship with the Crown. Use it beside the federal transcript to identify whose understanding a source presents.

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Publisher / custodian: Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations
Source date: Undated statement; accessed 2026-09-30
Source type: Indigenous-led resource
Format: Text
Regions: Alberta, Saskatchewan
Peoples / communities: Treaty 6 First Nations represented by the Confederacy
Treaties: Treaty 6

Read with context

A Confederacy statement centered on its Treaty 6 political perspective; do not imply it speaks for every Treaty 6 Nation or all Indigenous peoples.

Questions to investigate

How does this statement describe the continuing Treaty relationship?
Compare its account of nationhood and consent with the language of the written transcript.

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Record checked: 2026-09-30

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Copy-ready citation

Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations. Fundamental Treaty Principles. Undated statement; accessed 2026-09-30. https://www.treatysix.org/treaty-principles. Record checked 2026-09-30.

Saskatchewan curriculum

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SI7

Examine Oral Tradition as a valid way of preserving accounts of what transpired and what was intended by entering into treaty.

Compare the Confederacy’s published Treaty principles with the Crown transcript; identify which perspective each publisher represents.

Candidate indicator: 4: Compare the recorded accounts of treaty from the perspectives of the Crown and the First Nations.

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HC12

Examine how treaties within contemporary society impact on individual’s lives.

Use the Confederacy’s own published principles to study Treaty principles. This is a named organization’s account, not an assertion that all Nations use identical wording.

Candidate indicator: 1: Describe the principles of treaty and understand the importance those principles play.