Question: Can I ask again about the Treaty, and if you recall your ancestors, or your parents, ever mentioning where the Treaty was signed?
Isiah: He didn’t actually didn’t hear directly, but indirectly he has heard stories about the Treaty signing. He heard that Robert Fiddler was the one that signed in 1910 for the purposes of creating the reserve and getting benefits from the Government. They went to witness the Treaty at Norway House, the Fiddler from Deer Lake, and also the family that was at Sandy Lake (Kakepetum) at that time, and there wasn’t any signing of the Treaty. ….Those were the communities at the Treaty …
That is what he heard from his grandfathers.
Question: The benefits of the Treaty?
As long as the sun shines, as long as the rivers flow, as long as the grass grows, I will help you with these things…
Interpreter: He didn’t really hear what the items were, but he understood that the Government would take care of the people from what he heard.
It is only recently that he is starting to hear about the health benefits. He has always gone to the Hospital in Winnipeg and the Government has always paid for it. Those are the things he thought about when the Government would take care of them.