PHOTOS: Treaty 4 medal from 1874 returned to SK
After mysteriously disappearing for generations, the only Treaty 4 medal to be found has returned home to Saskatchewan.
The Government of Canada handed out 21 of these medals to First Nations chiefs who signed the treaty for the area covering southern Saskatchewan in 1874.
This particular medal suddenly resurfaced at an auction in London, Ont. and Paula Acoose and her husband Ray McCallum soon found themselves in a bidding war, one of a series of lucky events leading to the medal returning home.
“Going once, going twice, sold for $40,000, and that's how we got it. We left the room about five minutes after that and cried and hugged each other in the hallway,” said Acoose.