The Welcome to Treaty 1 public program examines the ideas, laws, languages, and stories that helped shape Treaty 1 – an agreement between Indigenous peoples and the Government of Canada. This exploration is facilitated using exhibitions, storytelling, and participatory activities.  Treaties are multi-voiced, comprehensive, complex, and in constant flux. The Welcome to Treaty 1 program acts as a catalyst for participants to acknowledge shared responsibilities anchored in both historic and contemporary contexts and personal and communal obligations.

Welcome to Treaty 1 was co-designed with a collective of individuals who have spent their lives thinking about the impact of worldview, language, law, art, history, and philosophy on the way we view and understand Treaties in Manitoba today. The Welcome to Treaty 1 team includes professors, lawyers, linguists, Elders, artists, Knowledge Keepers, anthropologists, and archeologists who have generously shared their knowledge to help create this program.

General $17 + GST / Members $12 + GST.
Participation Max is 15 adults.

The Manitoba Museum is committed to providing accessible learning opportunities for all Manitobans. Subsidized and/or sliding scale admission is available for the Welcome to Treaty 1 program for individuals or organizations facing financial barriers to participation. Please contact [email protected] for more information.  

This program does not include admission to BODY WORLDS: Animal Inside Out. Participants are welcome to explore the Museum Galleries before or after the program.