Rare treaty medal finds way back to Native hands

Thanks to the community spirit bidder, a rare Treaty 4 medal was returned to his house in Saskatchewan

Paula Acoose and Ray McCallum asked about medals offered at Jeffrey Hoare Auction in September auction. There was no time to raise funds for medals, and they decided to use their savings to pay the initial fee. The four conventions promised funds to cover expenses

This medal was one of the first national chiefs who signed this treaty in 1874, including the first country covering southern Saskatchewan. A handful of medals survived until this day, and this is the first public sale of medals in a few years.

This treaty sets reserves between Royal and Kelly and Salt State and guarantees certain domestic rights and annual payments in exchange for modern South Saskatchewan Province and Manitoba and Alberta states. Proposition in most provinces

That's somehow joined the Robert D. W. band collection. The band died in 2013 and the collection was handed over to Wendy Hoare for sale.

One side of the medal is the bust of Queen Victoria, the other handshake hands, the other feathered, the other one wears a Victorian uniform and a helmet. There is "Indian Treaty No. 4 of 1874" around the design.

Its value is estimated at $ 4,500. But this deal attracted some firm bidders and the bid price was even higher before the couple succeeded. Acoose entered her first bid of $ 37,000 and the winning bid when its bid became invalid was $ 40,000.

Acoose said the results were very exciting, and she and McCallum cried after the auction ended. Acoose is a member of Treaty 4 country and her husband is associated with Treaty VI.

Wendy Hoare sent medals to Regina, after the welcoming ceremony medals were handed to the elder, leaders and members of the treaty.

According to Maple Creek's historian Royce Petty, this medal has "important historical and spiritual significance".

In 1790 after the George Washington election, the newly formed United States of America and Creek Indian State signed the first treaty, the New York Treaty. According to the Alabama Archives and History Department, the medals you are looking for (and the armband not shown) will be awarded to one of the six major stream chiefs.

Since 1722, Native Americans have talked with the US government on the development of treaties, such as the Great Treaty of 1722 between the five countries, Mohawk, and the colonies of New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania. In 1926, five Indian states and three of the trusts were given to the king. Today it is not easy for indigenous peoples to agree to this treaty, but through government strategies such as war, food and water killing, fears are embedded there, indigenous peoples only have to agree with them. But as time goes on, many of these treaties are not maintained, so there is a promise of destruction.

Unfortunately, indigenous peoples are not strangers to infringe the rights of their treaties, although the United States has made various political and legal commitments to indigenous peoples through the signing of treaties. Many Aboriginal countries keep the treaty and continue to fight intrusion into the land that restricts the rights of the hunting and fishery protected by the Convention during the preservation period and thereafter, and even completely denies it. For indigenous peoples in 40 countries close to the border, travel restrictions in homes accepted in their home may affect the rights of the Convention. Today, in the Akhosasne Mohawk region, Akwesasronon ("Akwesasne") is severely restricted from traveling to his hometown. Since Akwesasne Mohawk Territory was founded in the United States and Canada, it is influenced by international, state, provincial, and county boundaries.