[1] In 1876, Chief Chippewayan and four headmen signed Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton, "formally ceding their Indigenous title" to the British Crown.

[1] After the North-West Rebellion of 1885, the federal government withheld treaty payments from Young Chippewayan, considering the band to have participated in insurrection.

[1] In 1897, Indian Affairs disposed of the Stoney Knoll reserve, and its land was distributed to Mennonite and Lutheran settlers, who remained unaware of its previous history.

Local Mennonites and Lutherans joined Stoney Knoll members to support the band's efforts to obtain recognition from the federal government.

[3] Mennonite Central Committee and St John's Lutheran Church (Laird, Saskatchewan) continue to support the Stoney Knoll First Nation's claim, and produced a documentary film to raise awareness of the issue, "Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies".