Treaty 11


Treaty 11, the last of the Numbered Treaties, was an agreement established between 1921 and 1922 between King George V of [the United Kingdom|George V] and various First Nation band governments in what is today the Northwest Territories.
Henry Anthony Conroy was appointed treaty commissioner and conducted the negotiations and signings in 1921. However, he was unable to gain signatures from some bands in the Liard district during that summer. Further complicating matters was Conroy's death in April 1922. Thomas William Harris, the Indian Agent at Fort Simpson, Conroy's replacement, conducted the remaining treaty signings at Liard in July 1922. The signatories included Bishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie.
The boundary between Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 is ambiguous. The Yellowknives Dene First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 8, but according to the text of the treaties the Yellowknife Nation's territory, known as Chief Drygeese Territory, is within Treaty 11.

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List of ''Treaty 11'' First Nations

Although parts of Treaty 11 lands are in the Yukon, none of the First Nations centered in the Yukon, including Liard First Nation, are linked to any signatories of Treaty 11.