On February 9, 2026, officials at Gordon Denny Community School unveiled a Treaty 6 medal replica.
An assembly was held at the school this week with representatives from the Northern Lights School Division and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in attendance.
Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says it is important that students remember the adhesion to Treaty 6 which was signed in 1889.
Group photo at the Gordon Denny School unveiling of the replica medallion. / Photo by David Smith
The Chief says that treaty issues are still being worked on like the Agricultural Benefits Settlement and Treaty Annuity payments.
The Treaty No. 6 Medal represents the relationship between the Crown and First Nations.
In 1876 at Fort Carlton, Cree, Nakoda, and Saulteaux leaders entered into Treaty No. 6 with the goal of ensuring their peoples would continue as distinct and thriving nations.
Treaty No. 6 was one of eleven numbered treaties negotiated after Confederation, and the medal is deeply respected as a reflection of the foresight and wisdom shown by First Nations leaders during the treaty negotiations.
The Treaty 6 Adhesion was signed by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Montreal Lake Cree Nation on February 11, 1889 on the northeastern shores of Montreal Lake.
The relationship symbolized by the Treaty No. 6 Medal is rooted in mutual respect, balance, and reciprocity.
Treaty relationships involve all people in Canada, not only First Nations.
(With files provided by David Smith)