Not speaking with regards to the USA and their native policies. This is always a sensitive topic with Canadians and Native groups in Canada and unfortunately there is usually a racial undertone from some with regards to the topic.
I was at the re-enactment of the treaty #7 as a tourist near Blackfoot Crossing like 1000's of other people were that day in 1977 when Prince Charles was there and several provincial and federal politicians and the leaders of all the Blackfoot tribes that were involved.
There was quite allot of pageantry that day and they re-enacted the whole event as close to how it looked back in 1877.
If it was accurate i can say that the RCMP had Dozens of cannons on the 3 sides of surrounding hills of the valley and countless horseback forces.
The Blackfoot nations had teepees in the valley near the river with an estimated 300 braves.
The Chiefs and the British officers met in large tents on the side of one the hills and signed the deal.
Even though the Chiefs chose this location as they didn't trust a meeting in Fort MacLeod. They had no choice but to sign treaty #7 or from what i saw they would have been wiped out.
Just an observation anyways.
As a parent it is sad to see my kids have learned very little in our schools about Alberta's own history but yet my daughter has been learning about the Ukraine extensively the past 2 months.
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