page_title: Treaty 8
hierarchical_section_title: Treaty 8
caption_attribution_description: Honourable David Laird explaining terms of Treaty #8, Fort Vermilion, 1899.
context_page_description: Treaty 8 is an agreement concluded on June 21, 1899, between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area. The treaty was negotiated just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta.
  Treaty 8 is one of eleven numbered treaties made between the Government of Canada and First Nations. The Government of Canada had between 1871 and 1877 signed Treaties 1 to 7. Treaties 1 to 7 covered the southern portions of what was the Northwest Territories. At that time, the Government of Canada had not considered a treaty with the First Nations in what would be the Treaty 8 territory necessary, as conditions in the north were not considered conducive to settlement. Along with the Douglas Treaties, they were the last treaties signed between the Crown and the First Nations in British Columbia until Nisga'a Final Agreement.
context_section_description: Treaty 8 is an agreement concluded on June 21, 1899, between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area.  The treaty was negotiated just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta.
  Treaty 8 is one of eleven numbered treaties made between the Government of Canada and First Nations. The Government of Canada had between 1871 and 1877 signed Treaties 1 to 7. Treaties 1 to 7 covered the southern portions of what was the Northwest Territories. At that time, the Government of Canada had not considered a treaty with the First Nations in what would be the Treaty 8 territory necessary, as conditions in the north were not considered conducive to settlement. Along with the Douglas Treaties, they were the last treaties signed between the Crown and the First Nations in British Columbia until Nisga'a Final Agreement.
caption: David Laird explaining terms of Treaty #8, Fort Vermilion, 1899
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