Treaty No.2 (1871)

The Canadian government negotiated Treaty No.2 with various Indigenous communities in southern Manitoba and what is now Saskatchewan; it was signed at Manitoba House on 21 Aug. 1871. Difficulties later arose in part from the Indigenous leaders’ complaints that the Canadian government had not honoured its promises of farm supplies. A further problem occurred when eastern merchants, refusing to accept Treaty No.2, proceeded to cut timber on lands reserved for the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe).