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In a contract, it is required that both parties know the deal.
The Tulita Elders said the Canadian Government Treaty party, complete with Roman Catholic Bishop Breynat, showed up in Fort Norman on July 15, 1921 to begin Treaty 11 discussions with our people. They said they wanted to talk about ‘Peace and Friendship’, not land. The Elders also said the Dene translators from Fort Simpson were unable to explain the treaty contents in Tulita dialect, so there was confusion as to what the information was, but they remember the peace and friendship part.
My two grandfathers signed Treaty 11 on behalf of Tulita people: Chief Albert Wright from the Mountain Dene and Chief Zaul Blondin from Norman Wells area, 50 miles north of Tulita, where oil was discovered on his traditional hunting lands.