Treaty 3

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Numbered Treaty historic agreement treaty between the Crown and First Nations

Treaty 3 is a historic agreement signed in 1873 between the Canadian Crown and the Ojibwe (Saulteaux) peoples, covering lands in what are now northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba as part of Canada’s Numbered Treaties.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Council Treaty #3	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered Treaty ⓘ historic agreement ⓘ treaty between the Crown and First Nations ⓘ
administeredBy	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
affects	First Nations in the Treaty 3 area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northwest Angle Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	eastern Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
follows	Treaty 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFeatureInArea	Lake of the Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ Rainy River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsequence	Crown obligations for annuity payments to signatories ⓘ creation of Treaty 3 First Nations reserves ⓘ
hasInterpretationPrinciple	ambiguities resolved in favour of Indigenous parties ⓘ must be interpreted liberally in favour of Indigenous signatories ⓘ
historicalContext	construction of a transcontinental railway ⓘ westward expansion of Canada in the 19th century ⓘ
includesProvision	agricultural assistance ⓘ annuities ⓘ education assistance ⓘ fishing rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ reserve creation ⓘ trapping rights ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding treaty under Canadian law ⓘ
negotiatedWith	Saulteaux bands of the Lake of the Woods region NERFINISHED ⓘ
ongoingRelevance	basis for contemporary treaty rights claims ⓘ subject of modern treaty interpretation and litigation ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Treaty 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	cede Indigenous title to lands to the Crown ⓘ define rights and obligations between the Crown and Ojibwe ⓘ establish reserve lands for Ojibwe signatories ⓘ
recognizedIn	Canadian constitutional law ⓘ Canadian jurisprudence on treaty rights ⓘ
relatedTo	Aboriginal and treaty rights in the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ Crown–Indigenous relations in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatoryPeople	Anishinaabe NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	Canadian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Saulteaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1873-10-03 ⓘ
treatyNumber	3 ⓘ
typeOfRight	collective rights of signatory First Nations ⓘ
yearSigned	1873 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 3 ⓘ

Eagle Lake First Nation → partOf → Treaty 3 ⓘ

Eagle Lake First Nation → memberOf → Treaty 3 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Council Treaty #3

Eagle Lake First Nation → hasRightsUnder → Treaty 3 ⓘ