Treaty 9

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Historic agreement Numbered Treaty

Treaty 9 is a historic agreement signed in 1905–1906 between the Canadian government and several First Nations in northern Ontario, establishing terms for land cession, resource use, and ongoing treaty rights.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty 9 canonical	6

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Historic agreement ⓘ Numbered Treaty ⓘ
adhesionSigningPeriod	1908 ⓘ 1929 ⓘ 1930 ⓘ
administeredBy	Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous Services Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	James Bay Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Hudson Bay watershed in Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ James Bay watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProvision	guarantee of continued traditional livelihood ⓘ surrender of title to vast tracts of land ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent	1906 ⓘ
hasAnnex	Adhesions to Treaty 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Aboriginal and treaty rights in Ontario ⓘ
hasOngoingIssue	claims regarding resource revenue sharing ⓘ disputes over interpretation of oral versus written terms ⓘ
jurisdiction	Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
languageOfNegotiation	Cree (oral explanations) ⓘ
legalSubject	fishing rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ land cession ⓘ resource use ⓘ trapping rights ⓘ treaty rights ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Ontario provincial representatives ⓘ federal treaty commissioners ⓘ
numberInSeries	9 ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	annuities to First Nations signatories ⓘ continued harvesting rights ⓘ education provisions ⓘ reserve lands ⓘ
purpose	to obtain Indigenous consent to Crown sovereignty over northern Ontario lands ⓘ to open northern Ontario to settlement and resource development ⓘ
recognizedBy	Constitution Act, 1982 section 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatory	Cree First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Oji-Cree First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingEndDate	1906-07-20 ⓘ
signingStartDate	1905-07-12 ⓘ
subjectOf	Treaty 9 (Ontario) court cases ⓘ historical research on oral promises ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Numbered Treaties → hasPart → Treaty 9 ⓘ

Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities → hasLegalFramework → Treaty 9 ⓘ

Swampy Cree → treatyAffiliation → Treaty 9 ⓘ

Attawapiskat First Nation → treaty → Treaty 9 ⓘ

Fort Albany First Nation → isPartOfTreaty → Treaty 9 ⓘ

Moose Cree → treatyAffiliation → Treaty 9 ⓘ