Table of Contents
Foreword 7
Introduction 11
Chapter 1 Tribal Treaties 16
Chapter 2 United States Government Treaties 31
Lame Bull Treaty, 1855 35
Unratified Treaty, 1865 47
Unratified Treaty, 1868 48
Chapter 3 The Numbered Treaties 54
Treaty One and Treaty Two 56
Treaty Three 57
Treaty Four and Treaty Five 60
Treaty Six 62
Chapter 4 Prelude to Treaty Seven 65
Chapter 5 Treaty Seven, the Blackfoot Treaty, 1877 83
Chapter 6 The Aftermath 124
Chapter 7 Establishing Reserves 144
The Blackfoot Reserve 144
The Blood Reserve 149
The Peigan Reserve 156
The Sarcee Reserve 161
The Stoney Reserve 166
Chapter 8 Understanding Treaty Seven 175
Appendices 181
1 Lame Bull Treaty, 1855 183
2 U.S. Blackfoot Treaty, November 14, 1865 (unratified) 192
3 U.S. Blackfoot Treaty, September 1, 1863 (unratified) 200
4 Treaty Number Seven, 1877-Articles of a Treaty 208
5 Adhesion to Treaty Number Seven, 1877 217
6 Treaty with the Blackfoot Tribe, 1863 219
7 Treaty with the Blood Tribe, 1883 223
8 Treaty with the Sarcee Tribe, 1883 227
Notes 230
Bibliography 249
Index 253
