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Bishop Emile Grouard and Treaty 8

Article Feature By Gregory A. Johnson

Lubicon Cree, Lubicon Land

Celebrating the Legacy

Context and Understandings

The Successful Pursuance of That Human and Generous Policy

Oral Traditions and Treaty 8

The Fraudulent Treaty

They Think They Own the Land

Bishop Emile Grouard and Treaty 8

Comments on Interpretations of 'Entitlement Land'

Protecting Their Inheritance

Treaty and Scrip in 1899

Taking Treaty 8 Scrip, 1899-1900

The Indian Agents of Fort Chipewyan

This paper discusses the missionary contribution to the making of Treaty 8 in general with a particular focus on Bishop Emile Grouard and his two accounts of the treaty negotiations. Johnson notes the competition for souls in the North West between the Oblates and Protestant missionaries did colour significantly the perceptions and reporting of the treaty talks and outcomes.

For more information on Treaty 8 Revisited: Selected Papers on the 1999 Centennial Conference, visit the Lobstick website.

Reprinted from with permission from Lobstick: An Interdisciplinary Journal.