Treaty Promises
This word means a group can make its own rules and lead itself.
What is a sovereignty?
This connects us to our culture through words, songs, and stories.
What is storytelling?
When treaties are respected, people get more chances for this.
What are jobs / opportunities?
This office helps people understand and respect treaties.
What is the Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)?
Treaties were meant to last this long: “as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the rivers flow.”
What is forever?
These are special agreements between First Nations and the Crown.
What are treaties?
If a language is lost, these things like dances and ceremonies can also be lost.
What are traditions?
Name one way treaties help non-Indigenous people.
What is jobs, land use, or sharing resources?
These people guide treaty talks and help make sure promises are kept.
Who are Treaty Commissioners?
Treaties are not just from the past. They are still this today.
What are living agreements?
Métis people show their independence through this—who they are and how they live.
What is their identity / self-government?
Why do Elders say language is like a “bridge” between the past and the future?
Because it carries stories, traditions, and knowledge from ancestors to the next generations.
This group speaks for First Nations in Saskatchewan and helps with treaties.
What is FSIN? ( Federal Sovereignty Indigenous Nations)
This table is where leaders meet to talk about treaties.
What is the Treaty Table?
Everyone who lives on treaty land is called this.
What are treaty people?
When treaties are fully followed, they can bring more jobs and money for everyone.
What is a stronger economy?
This is a big part of who you are—it comes from your family, your traditions, and the language you speak.
What is cultural identity?
When both sides use the land to make money, this happens.
What is shared growth / shared opportunities?
One success of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner is bringing this into schools.
What is Treaty Education?
Why is it important to understand the original treaty agreements before we can move forward with reconciliation?
Because we need to know what was promised, what was broken, and how to work together fairly today.
Name one group or office that was made to help keep treaty promises.
What is the Office of the Treaty Commissioner / Treaty Table / FSIN? FSIN(Federal sovereign of Indigenous Nations)
Many First Nations say, “When you lose your language, you lose your…” Finish this sentence and explain why it matters.
What is culture / identity / way of life?
If treaty promises were fully respected, what would life in Saskatchewan look like for all people?
There would be fairness, shared opportunities, stronger communities, and respect between peoples.
The main goal of the Treaty Table is to build this between treaty partners.
What are good relationships?
Reconciliation means fixing broken promises and learning from the past. What do we need to build together for the future?
What is trust and respect between all people / a better future together?