Historical Overview - Government Policy

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In the 1840’s, surveyors and excavators found rich deposits of iron, nickel and copper on the shores of Lake Superior. Access to these minerals meant wealth and local mining companies appealed to the Crown for support. So the government sent in William J. Robinson and instructed him to extinguish all the Indian titles to the land.

• Traditional Life
• The Making of Treaty 7
  • Historical Overview
    • Settings and Context
    • Government Policy
    • The People of Treaty 7
    • The Treaty Commission
    • The Signing
    • 1877 and After
  • The Treaty Makers
  • The Treaty
  • Perspectives
• Contemporary Life