James Bay Treaty

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Numbered Treaty historic agreement

The James Bay Treaty, also known as Treaty 9, is a historic agreement between several First Nations in northern Ontario and the Canadian government that ceded vast traditional territories in exchange for reserves, annuities, and other promises.

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Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered Treaty ⓘ historic agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	traditional territories of Cree First Nations in northern Ontario ⓘ traditional territories of Ojibwe First Nations in northern Ontario ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
compensationForm	allocation of reserve lands ⓘ annual treaty payments ⓘ
containsProvisionsFor	education ⓘ health care assistance ⓘ relief in times of famine or pestilence ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
follows	Treaty 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	Crown use of lands and resources in the treaty area ⓘ
grants	annuities ⓘ fishing rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ reserves ⓘ trapping rights ⓘ
hasEffect	ceded vast traditional territories of signatory First Nations ⓘ
hasLongTermImpact	modern land and resource disputes in northern Ontario ⓘ ongoing treaty rights claims ⓘ
hasTopic	Indigenous land rights in Canada ⓘ reserve creation ⓘ resource development in northern Ontario ⓘ treaty annuities ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century Canada ⓘ
isPartOf	Canadian constitutional framework regarding Aboriginal and treaty rights ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	treaty between the Crown and First Nations ⓘ
mainSubject	Indigenous–Crown relations ⓘ land cession ⓘ
partOf	Numbered Treaties of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to obtain cession of Indigenous title to large territories in northern Ontario ⓘ
recognizedBy	Canadian courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada as a valid treaty ⓘ Province of Ontario as a valid treaty ⓘ
regulates	relationship between First Nations and the Canadian state in the treaty area ⓘ
signatory	First Nations in northern Ontario ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAgreement	land cession treaty ⓘ

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Attawapiskat First Nation → treaty → James Bay Treaty ⓘ