Archived First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments (theguardian.com)
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Archived First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments (theguardian.com)
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'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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