The Prominence XIII Sale - Major sale

Indian Treaty No. 8 Silver Medal 1899; This extremely Scarce and Historically im...

Indian Treaty No. 8 Silver Medal 1899; This extremely Scarce and Historically important Canadian Medal representing over 30 different Nations including The Fort McMurray First Nation #468 is offered for sale by the direct family descendants of James Andrew Joseph McKenna who was not only an intrinsic part of the negotiating parties of Treaty No. 8 but was on also a physical presence at the time of signatures and awarding of the Medals In 1899. ‘’McKenna who was chosen to join Indian commissioner David LAIRD and James Hamilton Ross* of the North-West Territorial government in negotiating Treaty No.8 with the Indians in the District of Athabasca and northeastern corner of British Columbia, an area disturbed by gold seekers en route to the Klondike [see MOSTOS]. The terms offered were similar to those in earlier treaties except that, on McKenna’s ……. See pdf catalog for complete description.