The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives helped sponsor two virtual author talks at the Treaty Four Gathering, an online and in-person event at Fort Qu’Appelle, SK in September 2021. The annual gathering brings thousands of First Nations and non-First Nations peoples together and provides the opportunity to educate the public about what it means to be a beneficiary of Treaty Four.

The two online virtual events were organized by the Treaty Four Gathering Student Activities Committee. For the first time, promoting events organized by the committee extended to people living on Treaty Four lands in Alberta and Manitoba. The authors featured in the two Zoom sessions were Victor Lethbridge and David A. Robertson and they performed readings from their respective books You’re Just Right and Barren Grounds. They also had Q&A sessions about their experiences as a Treaty citizen.