Chief Crowfoot
Have you ever wondered what happened in Chief CrowFoot’s time? So come with me and I’ll take you back in time and let you find out… During his time when Chief CrowFoot was first made leader, the many buffalo herds of the plains were giving his Blackfoot tribe their basic needs like tools, clothing, food, and shelter. When the fur traders came over to Alberta and started setting fur trade post all around the land things got harder and easier. Some things got easier because with all the fur trade goods like metal
pots and pans, and wool blankets. Harder because they were losing hunting grounds, buffalo were disappearing wagon load by wagon load, and new diseases that had no known cure to the first nations people. After many days of struggle the Canadian government came over many times for *treaty signings including treaty seven which was signed in 1877.The agreement was for allowing the settlers to move onto land but let the first nations have reserved pieces of land just for them. They also had hunting and fishing rights, but there were yearly payments for the reserved land.
*Treaty: a contract that is an
agreement between two groups, the agreement is often for
land.
pots and pans, and wool blankets. Harder because they were losing hunting grounds, buffalo were disappearing wagon load by wagon load, and new diseases that had no known cure to the first nations people. After many days of struggle the Canadian government came over many times for *treaty signings including treaty seven which was signed in 1877.The agreement was for allowing the settlers to move onto land but let the first nations have reserved pieces of land just for them. They also had hunting and fishing rights, but there were yearly payments for the reserved land.
*Treaty: a contract that is an
agreement between two groups, the agreement is often for
land.