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The TRCM's Speakers Bureau can provide speakers from a range of perspectives on Treaties. The Speakers Bureau is growing and will eventually be able to provide speakers from each Treaty area as well as viewpoints on a number of relevant topics. Please, contact the TRCM in order to schedule a presentation for your organization, staff or function.

Treaty Commissioner
Dennis White Bird

The Treaty Relations Commision
Windows Media 8.2 mb QuickTime 8.4 mb

Who makes up the Treaty Relations Commision
Windows Media 6.3 mb QuickTime 6.0 mb

How does the Treaty Relations Commision work?
Windows Media 7.0 mb QuickTime 6.8 mb

Transcripts - Download here: Adobe Acrobat .PDF


The following videos represent the opinions and beliefs of the person being interviewed and do not represent the opinions or beliefs of the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, or the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.


Elder Doris Pratt

Pre-Treaty and the Dakota People
Windows Media 11 mb QuickTime 10 mb

Treaty-making and the Dakotas
Windows Media 19 mb QuickTime 22 mb

After the Newcomers arrived &
The Residential School System
Windows Media 7.5 mb QuickTime 9.5 mb

Transcripts - Download here: Adobe Acrobat .PDF



Elder D'Arcy Linklater

Pre-Treaty
Windows Media 10 mb QuickTime 11 mb

Treaty Making
Windows Media 10 mb QuickTime 12 mb

After Treaty
Windows Media 13 mb QuickTime 16 mb



Jeff Harris

Royal Proclamation of 1763
Windows Media 1 mb QuickTime 2.2 mb

British precedent and Treaty-making
Windows Media 1 mb QuickTime 6 mb

Oral History
Windows Media 1 mb QuickTime 5.2 mb

Transcripts - Download here: Adobe Acrobat .PDF





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