Treaty 2

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Treaty 2 was an agreement established 21 August 1871 between the Canadian government and various First Nations in southwest Manitoba and a small part of southeast Saskatchewan. Treaty signatories from this region included the Ojibway tribes. This would be the second treaty signed since the 1867 formation of the modern Canadian government and one year after the province Manitoba joined the Canadian Confederation.

It was also known as the Manitoba Post Treaty, named after the fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company where the treaty was signed. Manitoba Post was located on the northwest shore of Lake Manitoba. The terms of this treaty were similar to that of Treaty 1.

Treaty 1 and Treaty 2 were amended by a Canadian government order-in-council on 30 April 1875 to add provisions which were originally promised verbally by the government. Similar "outside promises" were included in the text of 1873's Treaty 3 adding further pressure on the government to include such provisions in the earlier treaties.

[edit] List of Treaty 2 First Nations

• Dauphin River First Nation
• Ebb and Flow First Nation
• Keeseekoowenin First Nation
• Lake Manitoba First Nation
• Lake St. Martin First Nation
• Little Saskatchewan First Nation
• O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation (Crane River)
• Pinaymootang First Nation (Fairford)
• Skownan First Nation (formerly Waterhen First Nation)

[edit] External links

• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Treaty 2 text
• Manitoba Chiefs: First Nations Treaties with the British Crown
• The History of Treaty No 2

The Numbered Treaties

Treaty 1 | Treaty 2 | Treaty 3 | Treaty 4 | Treaty 5 | Treaty 6 | Treaty 7 | Treaty 8 | Treaty 9 | Treaty 10 | Treaty 11