Following the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876, the
Cree,
Saulteaux,
Chipewyan,
and Assiniboine
peoples living in the area which now makes up central Alberta and Saskatchewan found themselves confined, for
the first time, by government boundaries covering a land area of approximately 313, 390 square
kilometres (121,000 square miles). The following map represents these borders, as established by the
terms of the original treaty and the adhesions which took place in the
following years.