Bronze. 76mm. 188.9 grams. With suspension loop, as issued. This medal commemorates the centennial of the signing of Treaty 6 between the federal government and the Cree, Assiniboine and Ojibwa First Nations on 23 August 1876 at Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan, and on 9 September 1876 at Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan. The treaty boundaries extended across the central portions of what are now Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Treaty medals were original presented to Chiefs as tokens of appreciation following the signing of federal agreements. In theory, the participating First Nations traded vast tracts of land to the Crown in exchange for financial compensation, goods, and protection from outside settlers. The so-called Numbered Treaty medals were designed by the J.S. and A.B. Wyon and show a colonist and Indigenous Chief shaking hands with at the sun rising in the background. A high-relief portrait of Queen Victoria appears on the other side.

This commemorative medal displays that iconic design but with the legend reading IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF INDIAN TREATY No. 6 / 1876-1976. It was struck from copy dies and shows considerable roughness and porosity, all as-made, while the surfaces themselves are smooth and mark-free.

I am unsure of who these were struck for or in what quantity. One source says they were produced for Indian and Northern Affairs, while another suggests they were struck to order for a First Nations organization to the extent of 100 pieces. One way or another, these are very scarce pieces. I am aware of three examples in silver. This is the only one I know of in bronze.