Treaty 10 was an agreement established beginning 19 August 1906, between King Edward VII

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

 and various First Nations

First Nations

First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...

 in northern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 and a small portion of eastern Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

. There were no Alberta-based First Nations groups signing on, but there were two First Nation bands from Manitoba, despite their location outside the designated treaty area.

The agreement was drafted based on the Treaty 8

Treaty 8

Treaty 8 was an agreement signed on June 21, 1899, between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area. The Treaty was signed just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta.-Treaty:...

 text. Commissioner J. A. J. McKenna offered medical and education incentives to the affected First Nations, with commitments that their traditional food gathering practices would not be impaired by the reserve system

Indian reserve

In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...

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Timeline

• 28 August 1906: Île-à-la-Crosse signing
• 19 September 1906: Canoe Lake band signing
• 19 August 1907: Lac du Brochet signing for Barren Lands band of Manitoba
• 22 August 1907: another Lac du Brochet signing for Hatchet Lake band

List of Treaty 10 First Nations

• Manitoba
  • Barren Lands First Nation
    Barren Lands First Nation
    The Barren Lands First Nation occupy Brochet Reserve No. 197 which is on the north shore of Reindeer Lake in Northern Manitoba close to the Saskatchewan border....
    
    
  • Northlands First Nation
• Saskatchewan
  • Birch Narrows First Nation
  • Buffalo River Dene Nation
  • Canoe Lake Cree First Nation
  • English River First Nation
  • Hatchet Lake First Nation
  • Birch Narrows Dene Nation

External links

• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Treaty 10 guide, transcript