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treaty payment

• 1 an annual payment of treaty money.

  See also: treaty money  

  • 1864  All is quiet here though we have a great many Indians waiting not very patiently for the treaty payment.
  • 1936  Far off, on the lake, they saw the Dog Ribs, Yellow Knives and other Indians hurrying in boats and canoes to Fort Resolution for the treaty payments.
  • 1962  "My friend been collecting treaty payments on his name. . . ."

• 2 a day on which such payments are made.

  See also: Treaty Day  

  • 1921  My duties were to follow the treaty payments. Wherever the government had a treaty with the Indians, each member of an Indian family received $5 per year, councillors $15 and chiefs $25, in addition to fish nets, tea, tobacco and seeds.
  • 1952  . . . moccasins were worn the year around, the fancy beaded or silk embroidered variety being much in evidence during Christmas festivities and at Treaty Payment.