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First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments | World news | The Guardian

'The case has shone a spotlight on treaty annuities, a tool used in some of the more than 600 treaties that exist across Canada. '

'The second treaty – known as the Robinson Superior treaty – is also being challenged in an Ontario court in a concurrent case. '

'Robinson treated with nearly two dozen communities whose connection to the land stretched back millennia. '

'For many, the meagre payment has become a potent symbol of the complex relationship their ancestors forged with the crown. '

'The treaty is one of two in the country, signed within days of each other, that included the prospect of an increase. '

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