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Each treaty delineates a tract of land which was thought to be the traditional territory of the First Nations signing that particular treaty. [12] For Canada it was a necessary step before settlement and development could occur further westward.
The boundary between Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 is ambiguous. The Yellowknives Dene First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 8, but according to the text of the treaties the Yellowknife Nation's territory, known as Chief Drygeese Territory, is within Treaty 11.
Gdoo-naaganinaa, a historic treaty between the Nishnaabeg nation and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy is an example of how First Nations approach treaties. Under Gdoo-naaganinaa, also referred-to in English as Our Dish , the neighbouring nations acknowledged that while they were separate nations they shared the same ecosystem or Dish .
The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution in December 2007 to invite Presidents Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales to Canada to put pressure on the government to sign the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, calling the two heads of state "visionary leaders" and demanding Canada resign its membership on the United Nations Human ...
The Queen, [29] meaning that the "honour of the Crown" is at stake in dealings between it and First Nations leaders. [11] [30] The Crown's governmental representatives must thus act with good faith in matters relating to Indigenous peoples, predominantly via a duty to consult and accommodate whenever Indigenous peoples' rights and interests ...
In Canada, the term non-status Indian (French: Indiens non inscrits) [nb 1] refers to any First Nations person who for whatever reason is not registered with the federal government, or is not registered to a band which signed a treaty with the Crown.
The concept of treaty rights also applies to a smaller number of Inuit and Metis in Canada, who have entered into treaties. By extension, a "treaty Indian" is a Canadian legal term for a person who has inherited such rights. Treaty rights are not the only rights claimed by indigenous peoples.
Collectively, First Nations (Indians), [5] Inuit, [11] and Métis [12] peoples constitute Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, or "first peoples". [13] First Nation as a term became officially used by the government beginning in 1980s to replace the term Indian band in referring to groups of Indians with common ...