Treaty Road

Saxon de Cocq and Erin Goodpipe explore the history of Canada’s Numbered Treaties, beginning in Manitoba on Treaty 1 territory. (1 of 6)

Erin and Saxon visit Treaty 2 territory and find out how people were forcibly displaced from their homes by the creation of a national park. (2 of 6)

In Treaty 3 territory, Erin and Saxon learn about the ongoing struggle to protect the water from contamination. (3 of 6)

Erin becomes a mother and visits her homelands on Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan. She and Saxon walk through the remains of a residential school. (4 of 6)

Erin and Saxon find out how Treaty 5 limited the ability of people to feed their communities. (5 of 6)

Erin and Saxon learn about a medicine chest clause added to Treaty 6 to protect health and explore how the Indian Act undermined any rights enshrined in treaties. (6 of 6)