Treaty Road

Erin and Saxon begin their journey of discovery on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. They learn the value of the word surrender, which was stated in the text of the numbered treaties but was not explicitly discussed with the Indigenous leaders.

Erin and Saxon visit Treaty 2 territory and find out how people were forcibly displaced from their homes in the creation of a national park.

In Treaty 3 territory, Erin and Saxon learn about the ongoing struggle to protect the water from contamination. They visit a blockade in Grassy Narrows, Ontario, where a woman poisoned by mercury explains environmental racism.

Erin becomes a mum and visits her homelands on Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan; Erin and Saxon walk through the remains of a residential school and learn about the push to honour the memory of children whose lives were lost at residential school.

Erin and Saxon find out how Treaty 5 limited people's ability to feed their communities; Erin and Saxon learn how innovative gardeners in Norway House provide greens year-round.

With the buffalo nearing extinction, American Indians struggle to survive, but they add a medicine chest clause to Treaty 6 to protect their health; the Indian Act is pushed through, undermining any rights enshrined in the treaties.