Signing of Treaty 7, Sept 22, 1877

Photo: Niisitapiikwan Signatories to Treaty 7. Left to right: Three Bulls (Siksiká), Sitting Behind Eagle Tail (Piikani), Crowfoot (Siksiká), Red Crow (Kainai). Courtesy the Glenbow Museum, NA-4035-159.

𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐, 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟕 - 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲 𝟕 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 143 years ago at Blackfoot Crossing.

Treaty 7 is the last of the numbered Treaties made between the Government of Canada and the Plains First Nations.

It was signed by five First Nations: the Siksika (Blackfoot), Kainai (Blood), Piikani (Peigan), Stoney-Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina (Sarcee).

Questions of original intent and problems of translation have contributed to differing interpretations of the treaty’s purpose, as well as ongoing concerns about the implications of the treaty.

We are all Treaty people so living on this land would ratify the Treaties and its obligation by the Federal Government in the past and the present.