Conditions of the numbered treatiesReasons for numbered treaties

Concerns about numbered treaties

HOW THE NUMBERED TREATIES AFFECTED COLLECTIVE RIGHTS

Have roots in the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which ended the Seven Years War between the French and British

First nations agreed under the treaties to shareTheir lands and resources

In return they received from the federal governmentEducationHunting and fishing rightsReservesFarming assistanceAnnuitiesSpecial benefitsHealth Care

THE NUMBERED TREATIES

For First Nations the numbered treaties are sacred nation-to-nation agreements

They should not be changed without agreement by the First Nations

Treaty rights and citizenship go together now, in the past, and in the future

Reasons for agreeing to treatiesFederal governments desire to build a national railwayDesire to avoid war, between settlers and First

NationsEconomic security for first Nations due to small pox,

loss of buffalo, end of fur trade

THE NUMBERED TREATIES

Natives do not think of land as something you can give up, since you can never own it

Differences between oral versions of treaties used by Natives and written versions used by Europeans

Largely dealt with only prairie based First Nations

Differences between the law and the policies

CONCERNS ABOUT NUMBERED TREATIES

THE NUMBERED TREATIES OF WESTERN CANADA

THE NUMBERED TREATIES