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The Selkirk-Peguis Treaty was signed over 200 years ago. In what century was it signed?
What is The 19th Century / 1800s.
This area in Winnipeg gets its name from a famous 1816 battle.
Hint: it’s also a school division and historical society.
This Governor of the Red River Colony fought against Cuthbert Grant in the Battle of Seven Oaks and was killed. He later had a school named after him.
Who is Governor Semple.
The river was important to both the first peoples and the settlers in the area. What was the name of that river?
What is the Red River.
The Selkirk-Peguis Treaty was an agreement between settlers and indigenous chiefs to _____ the land.
What is share.
Manitoba officially became a province in 1870. Was the Selkirk-Peguis Treaty signed before or after?
What is before.
The Selkirk Settlers primarily came from this country.
What is Scotland.
Chief Peguis was chief of this group.
What is the Saulteaux / the Ojibowe people.
Settlers came from Scotland in order to do this with the land.
What is farm.
The Selkirk-Peguis Treaty was signed shortly after a battle between Sekirk Settlers and Métis hunters. What was that battle called?
What is the Battle of Seven Oaks.
This time of year made survival particularly hard for settlers, who were helped through it by first peoples like Chief Peguis.
What is Winter.
Chief Peguis has been commemorated in many ways. Name one thing that commemorates him.
What is (any): Peguis Pavillion, Peguis Statue in KP, Chief Peguis Middle School, Chief Peguis Trail, Peguis First Nation.
In order to get authorization to send men to modern-day Manitoba, Lord Selkirk, a Scottish nobleman, bought a controlling stake in this company.
What is the Hudson’s Bay Company.
What is for water mills.
This delicacy was brought by Scottish settlers and later became popular across Red River communities.
What is bannock.
The Selkirk-Peguis Treaty was signed in this year.
What is 1817.
The Selkirk Settlers moved from this area in their home country and gave the area they settled in Maniroba the same name.
What is Kildonan.
Many direct decedents of Chief Peguis share this last name.
(Name either the last name or one of his well-known decedents.)
What is Prince / Tommy Prince.
Settlers and Métis on the settlement used this animal and invention in order to transport larger items.
What are Oxen / Red River Ox Carts.
This Indigenous food tradition made from dried meat and berries helped people survive long journeys in Red River.
What is pemmican.
The Selkirk Settlers first arrived in modern-day Manitoba in this year.
What is 1812.
Many things are named after Lord Selkirk (city, streets, etc). What’s a little-known thing named after him in Kildonan Park?
This settler became a successful general store owner and his nearly 200 year-old house still exists today as a museum called the Seven Oaks House.
Who is John Inkster / Mary Sinclair.
Lord Selkirk granted strips of land to settlers. How wide were were those strips?
What is 10 chains wide / ~200 metres / 660 feet.
The Selkirk Settlers were generally either Presbyterian and Anglican Christians. Name either of the first two churches that were built in the area of Kildonan.
What are either: St. John’s Cathedral or Kildonan Presbyterian Church.