Map showing Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
1877
Library and Archives of Canada
NMC 21018
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"Map of part of the North West Territory, including the Province of
Manitoba. Exhibiting the several Tracts of Country ceded by the Indian
Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. To accompany Report of the Hon. D.
Mills, Minister of the Interior, January, 1877." |
PRE-TREATY HISTORICAL OUTLINE
| The Paul First Nation
occupies a tract of land along Wabamun Lake, AB. This land was set
aside by the Government of Canada in 1892, and is known as Wabamun
Indian Reserve 133A and B. It is situated approximately 70 Km West of
Edmonton, AB. The Nation is comprised of 1926 members (INAC 2005 IRS)
of which 1110 live on-reserve. Buck Lake 133C (Also a part of the Paul
First Nation Lands) largely unoccupied, has a tragic history. The
influenza epidemic of 1918 decimated the people with several survivors
fleeing to Wabamun, and other Stoney Tribes in the area. Today,
the four square mile section land base is used by our people for
camping during the winter months, and for picking berries, medicines or
hunting in the summertime. |
| Historically, the people travelled over a vast territory from the Hudson Bay to the Rocky Mountains, along the foothills to Montana USA. Allied
with the Cree, the Nakoda, acquiring modern tools and goods from the
Hudson Bay Company, trekked westward taking part in the fur trade,
settling mainly in the Foothils, and the two other groups of Stoney,
one of whom became Paul First Nation chose land just North-West of
present-day Edmonton, AB. |
| The culture, of
the people is nature based and holistically intertwined to ensure
adequate conditions for future generations. The world view of the
people is to protect nature, and honour all things animate and
inanimate. This is the first and foremost priority in the sacred duty
owed to creation, passed on from generation to generation using ancient
practices for countless millennium. First Nations people, the "people
of the earth" view nature as an intricate web whereby everything is
sacred and spirtitual, each needing the other to survive and thrive. It
is our hope that the evolution of man, in time and space, in particualr
industrial and economic development retains and fosters this world view
so that all of creation will be afforded due respect in all areas of
activity. |
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