Treaty 8

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Historic agreement Numbered Treaty

Treaty 8 is a historic agreement signed in 1899 between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations in northern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia, northwestern Saskatchewan, and the southern Northwest Territories, outlining land cession, rights, and obligations.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty 8 canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Historic agreement ⓘ Numbered Treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Athabasca region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mackenzie River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1899 in Canada ⓘ Treaties between the Crown and Indigenous peoples of Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
follows	Treaty 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantsRight	Fishing on unoccupied Crown lands ⓘ Hunting on unoccupied Crown lands ⓘ Trapping on unoccupied Crown lands ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Aboriginal title in Treaty 8 territory ⓘ Crown-Indigenous relations in western Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParty	Beaver (Dunne-za) First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Chipewyan First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Cree First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Dene First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Saulteaux First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesObligation	Land cession by First Nations ⓘ Payment of annuities by the Crown ⓘ Provision of ammunition and twine by the Crown ⓘ Provision of farm implements by the Crown ⓘ Provision of reserves by the Crown ⓘ Provision of schools by the Crown ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	Binding treaty under Canadian law ⓘ
mainSubject	Agricultural assistance ⓘ Annuities ⓘ Education provisions ⓘ Fishing rights ⓘ Hunting rights ⓘ Indigenous rights ⓘ Land cession ⓘ Medical assistance ⓘ Reserve lands ⓘ Trapping rights ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Treaty 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatory	Canadian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1899-06-21 ⓘ
yearSigned	1899 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 8 ⓘ

Denesuline → treatyAffiliation → Treaty 8 ⓘ

Woods Cree → treatyRelationship → Treaty 8 ⓘ

Treaty 7 → relatedTo → Treaty 8 ⓘ