Treaty

A treaty described documented agreements between a colonial government and Indigenous peoples that are often viewed as a legal transferring of land; many Indigenous people saw the signing of treaties as a means of building relationships with settlers while maintaining sovereignty over their lands, whereas the Crown saw treaties as a way of legally acquiring Indigenous land to assert power and control. - The On Canada Project & Shanese Indoowaaboo, adapted by Michelle Xie

Examples of Treaties

There are 11 numbered treaties signed between the Canadian Crown and First Nations.

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Treaty 6 is the sixth of the numbered treaties that were signed by the Canadian Crown and various First Nations between 1871 and 1877. 

In 1876, Saddle Lake entered into Treaty 6 with the Crown. The government soon after forced Indigenous Peoples onto reserves.

Within less than a decade of Treaty 6 being signed, "a pass system was introduced, whereby residents of the reserves could only leave them with a permit issued by the local Indian agent responsible for imposing government policy on the reserves. This system would last for 60 years, only ending during World War II."

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