Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 5
Treaties in Saskatchewan
Agreements, promises and “We are all Treaty people”
What your child practises
What treaties are, the six numbered treaties that cover Saskatchewan, why oral history matters, and how treaty promises still matter today. This is introductory and needs review with First Nations partners.
Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: DR4.3, DR4.2 · the Treaty relationship in Saskatchewan and what it means today
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why do people hold treaty gatherings and ceremonies on anniversaries?
🪶- to build fences
- to stop the wind
- to sell wheat
- to remember the agreements and the promises made
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to remember the agreements and the promises made
Hint: Remembering helps each generation understand the treaties.
Question 2
Why is it important that written treaties and oral history are both respected?
📜- neither matters
- oral history is not real
- only one matters
- each carries part of what was agreed and understood
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each carries part of what was agreed and understood
Hint: Elders' oral histories explain the spirit and intent of the treaties.
Question 3
Who made treaties with each other?
🤝- the Métis and the moon
- First Nations and the Crown (Canada)
- farmers and wheat
- towns and trees
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First Nations and the Crown (Canada)
Hint: The Crown's representatives negotiated treaties with First Nations leaders.
Question 4
What was the relationship between the Crown and First Nations meant to be, in the treaties?
🔗- a game
- a relationship that would end soon
- no relationship
- a lasting relationship of respect and sharing
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a lasting relationship of respect and sharing
Hint: Treaty relationships were meant to last for generations.
Question 5
What did Treaty 6 promise to help in times of sickness?
💊- a theatre
- a bus
- a medicine chest
- a library
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a medicine chest
Hint: The “medicine chest” promise is still discussed in connection with health care.
Question 6
Many First Nations people say treaties were made to last…
☀️- as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow
- for only ten days
- until the next election
- for one year
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as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow
Hint: The words show that treaties were meant to be lasting promises.