What Are Treaties?
An agreement between Indigenous peoples and the government
What is a treaty?
Treaties made before 1975
What are historic treaties?
Total number of Numbered Treaties
What is 11?
Annual payments given to First Nations
What are annuities?
Treaties began around this century
What is the 1700s?
These agreements outline rights and responsibilities for both sides
What are treaties?
Treaties made after 1975
What are modern treaties?
Years they were signed
What is 1871 to 1921?
Land set aside for Indigenous communities
What are reserves?
This document (1763) helped establish treaty-making rules
What is the Royal Proclamation?
Treaties help people do this with land and resources
What is share the land?
Early treaties focused on peace and alliances are called this
What are Peace and Friendship Treaties?
These people signed treaties with the Canadian government
Who are Indigenous peoples / First Nations?
A common right included in treaties
What are hunting and fishing rights?
Treaties helped Canada expand in this way
What is settlement/expansion?
Treaties are recognized in this Canadian law (1982)
What is the Constitution Act?
These treaties (1871–1921) are numbered 1–11
What are the Numbered Treaties?
The government wanted this from the treaties
What is land?
Treaties define these for both sides
What are rights and obligations?
Many treaties transferred land to this authority
What is the Crown?
Treaties are meant to support this relationship between groups
What is cooperation/partnership?
These agreements are also called comprehensive land claims
What are modern treaties?
In exchange, Indigenous peoples received this (name one)
What are reserves / money / hunting rights?
These rights are protected under Section 35
What are treaty rights?
Treaties still impact this today
What is Indigenous-government relations / reconciliation?