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Treaties 1 and 2: combined official transcript and later records
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · Primary document · Text
Treaty 4: text, orders in council and adhesions
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · Primary document · Text
Treaty 5: official text and adhesions
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · Primary document · Text
Treaty 8: official text and commissioners' report
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · Primary document · Text
Treaty 10: official text and recorded adhesions
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · Primary document · Text
Constitution Act, 1982: section 35
Department of Justice Canada · Primary document · Text
Royal Proclamation of 1763: official transcript
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada · Primary document · Text
Saskatchewan Natural Resources Act: 1930 agreement and provisions
Department of Justice Canada · Primary document · Text
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
United Nations · Primary document · Document / PDF
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
Department of Justice Canada · Primary document · Text
Treaty Education Outcomes and Indicators: Saskatchewan K–12
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education · Primary document · Document / PDF
James Smith Cree Nation: IR 100A Inquiry
Indian Claims Commission; Government of Canada Publications · Primary document · Document / PDF
NCCIE Teaching Resource Centre
NCCIE; hosted by First Nations University of Canada · Indigenous-led resource · Teaching resource
Treaty Essential Learnings: We are all Treaty People
Office of the Treaty Commissioner · Historical context · Teaching resource
Treaties Today: the OTC and Treaty Table
Office of the Treaty Commissioner · Historical context · Text
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation: strategic plan, 2022
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation · Primary document · Document / PDF
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation: Treaty Land Entitlement account
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation · Indigenous-led resource · Text
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation: 1919 surrender claim trust agreement — draft
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation · Primary document · Document / PDF
Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement, 1992 — reference copy
Government of Saskatchewan; agreement among Canada, Saskatchewan and entitlement First Nations · Primary document · Document / PDF
Little Pine First Nation: Game Preservation By-law
Little Pine First Nation; First Nations Gazette repository · Primary document · Document / PDF
Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Act
Department of Justice Canada · Primary document · Text
Mistawasis: Land Code dated 13 May 2016
Mistawasis First Nation; First Nations Land Management Resource Centre · Primary document · Document / PDF
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation: Land Code dated 11 April 2005
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation; First Nations Land Management Resource Centre · Primary document · Document / PDF
One Arrow First Nation: Land Code, December 2013
One Arrow First Nation; First Nations Land Management Resource Centre · Primary document · Document / PDF
Beardy's & Okemasis: Treaty annuities compensation decision, 2016
Specific Claims Tribunal Canada; Tribunal Lexum publishing platform · Primary document · Text
Thunderchild First Nation: 1908 surrender claim mediation report
Indian Claims Commission; Government of Canada Publications · Primary document · Document / PDF
English River First Nation: Treaty 10 agricultural-benefits settlement announcement
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada; quoted English River First Nation representatives · Primary document · Text
Canoe Lake Cree First Nation: John Iron and Treaty 10
Canoe Lake Cree First Nation; account cites Anthony Gulig, Saskatchewan History, 1998 · Historical context · Text
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range: Canoe Lake inquiry report, 1993
Indian Claims Commission; Government of Canada Publications · Primary document · Document / PDF