"In 1903, Silver was found near Cobalt, Ontario. The Provincial Government extinguished the Indian Land Title."

This painting is based on a quote from the tv episode "All that glitters". The episode ends with "In 1903, Silver was found near Cobalt, Ontario. The Provincial Government extinguished the Indian Land Title."

Indian Treaty tetrad  – My preliminary attempt to consider Canadian Indian treaties from an Indigenous point of view. 

Enhances: Security against ever growing settler influx taking away Indigenous traditional lands and resources, a home (aka the reserve) and continued access to traditional lands for subsistence living.		Obsolesces: Indigenous authority over traditional territory, self determination, any commercial natural resources activities, depriving communities of an economic base, destining Indigenous peoples and communities for poverty.
	Indian Treaty  - considered from an Indigenous point of view
Retrieves: The reserve as a safe place to live, limited protection for food on traditional lands, Indian status (mostly negative), discrimination (cultural, social, economic and educational)		Reversal: Indian population moving to cities, Status vs Urban Indian issues, culture loss, self government, culture gain, dignity.

References

All that glitters – Murdoch Mysteries Episode 11, 8^th season
10 TREATY FACTS - Posted by Bob Joseph on Oct 7, 2015 6:41:57 PM
Cobalt silver rush - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robinson-Huron Treaty First Nations court action against Canada and Ontario to commence today in Thunder Bay  - NEWS PROVIDED BY Assembly of First Nations, Sep 25, 2017, 10:09 ET
McLuhan’s tetrads: what they are and how they work