Treaty 5 centennial commemoration - celebrating 100 years of treaty with Canada
Treaty 5 Centennial Commemoration website launched
The official website for the Treaty 5 Centennial Commemoration went live on May 5, 2010.
The website features Treaty 5 community links, treaty history & archives, and upcoming events for the commemoration.
View the website at www.treaty5.ca
Treaty No.5 was originally signed in 1875 and covered an area of roughly 100,000 square miles in Ontario and Manitoba, roughly from the border of Treaty 3 northwards to Favourable Lake, and to Winnipegosis in Manitoba and to the limit of Treaty No. 4.
In 1876, an adhesion to this treaty was taken with the bands living on either side of lake Winnipeg, including along Berens River, which crosses into Ontario.
More adhesions were taken in 1909 and 1910, covering an area of 133,400 square miles.
The adhesion of 1909 was taken with bands in Northern Manitoba. The adhesion of 1910 also included Northern manitoba Bands as well as the band at Deer Lake (which would be invcluded within the boundary of the province of Ontario two years later).
Seven communities who are part of Treaty 5 and adhesions are now part of Nishnawbe Aski Nation(NAN). Although the Government of Ontario did not participate in the making of Treaty 5, it was nevertheless inviolved in the selection of reserve lands or the NAN Treat 5 First Nations.