Irwin, Robert2020-10-262022-05-312022-05-312018-5-17https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1963Presented May 17, 2018 at the 18th Rupert's Land Colloquium held at Grande Prairie Regional College in Grande Prairie, Alberta.This paper looks at Canada’s activities in the area covered by Treaty No. 8 in the years prior to the making of that agreement. In particular, it looks at the Canadian government’s response to a famine crisis that occurred in the period 1886-1888.enAll Rights ReservedTreaty No. 8 (1899 June 21)First NationsPeace RiverAthabascafamineHudson’s Bay CompanyPresentation