Documentaries & Specials
Why Treaties?
Special | 57m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the views of tribal leaders, settlers, & the U.S. government of the 19th century.
Filmmaker and host John Parsons brings viewers on a journey of understanding as he strives to grasp the differing world views that motivated tribal leaders, settlers, and the United States Government of the 19th Century. Why Treaties? focuses on the 1863 "Old Crossing Treaty" in which the Red Lake and Pembina bands of the Chippewa ceded some 11 million acres of land to the U.S. Government.
Documentaries & Specials is a local public television program presented by Lakeland PBS
The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund helped support the making of these documentaries.
Documentaries & Specials
Why Treaties?
Special | 57m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Filmmaker and host John Parsons brings viewers on a journey of understanding as he strives to grasp the differing world views that motivated tribal leaders, settlers, and the United States Government of the 19th Century. Why Treaties? focuses on the 1863 "Old Crossing Treaty" in which the Red Lake and Pembina bands of the Chippewa ceded some 11 million acres of land to the U.S. Government.
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Documentaries & Specials is a local public television program presented by Lakeland PBS
The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund helped support the making of these documentaries.