Numbered Treaties

E105708

Canadian Crown treaty Indigenous–state treaty historic treaty series

Numbered Treaties are a series of 19th- and early 20th-century agreements between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations that facilitated colonial settlement while promising land, rights, and benefits to Indigenous signatories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Numbered Treaties in Canada	5
Numbered Treaties canonical	4
Numbered Treaties 1–11	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian Crown treaty ⓘ Indigenous–state treaty ⓘ historic treaty series ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Alberta ⓘ Northern British Columbia ⓘ surface form: British Columbia (northeastern portion) Manitoba ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Western Canada ⓘ surface form: Prairie Provinces Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec Saskatchewan ⓘ
characterizedBy	discrepancies between oral promises and written text ⓘ ongoing disputes over interpretation ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
endTime	1921 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Indigenous–Crown relations in Canada ⓘ
follows	Peace and Friendship Treaties ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of Indian reserves ⓘ imposition of Crown sovereignty claims ⓘ long-term annuity payments to Indigenous signatories ⓘ
hasPart	Treaty 1 ⓘ Treaty 10 ⓘ Treaty 11 ⓘ Treaty 2 ⓘ Treaty 3 ⓘ Treaty 4 ⓘ Treaty 5 ⓘ Treaty 6 ⓘ Treaty 7 ⓘ Treaty 8 ⓘ Treaty 9 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ various Indigenous languages (orally) ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutionally recognized treaty rights in Canada ⓘ
mainSubject	Indigenous land rights ⓘ annuities ⓘ education provisions ⓘ hunting and fishing rights ⓘ land cession ⓘ reserve creation ⓘ resource rights ⓘ settler colonization ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Dominion of Canada ⓘ
negotiatedOnBehalfOf	British Crown ⓘ
numberOfParts	11 ⓘ
purpose	to obtain Indigenous consent for Crown settlement and resource use ⓘ
recognizedBy	Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ surface form: Constitution Act, 1982 section 35
relatedTo	Indian Act ⓘ Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ
signatory	Crown in right of Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Crown First Nations ⓘ
startTime	1871 ⓘ