DCHP-2

treaty annuity Treaty Annuity DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• n. & adj. — Law, First Nations, especially Prairies & New Brunswick

  the annual cash payment (usually $5.00) received by Aboriginals whose names are entered in the Indian Register.

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — This term is today a formal variant for treaty money. It is predominantly used in western Canada, especially in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Saskatchewan, but is also quite prominent in New Brunswick (see Chart 1).

  See also: Indian Register  treaty (meaning 3)  treaty money  

  • 1881  He brought the money to pay the Stoney Indians their treaty annuity.
  • 1899  The method of paying the Treaty Annuity is objectionable. The Indians have been known to refuse work which would have been paid to them well, in order to loaf around the Fort waiting for the arrival of the Indian Agent. 
  • 1909  After travelling 2,275 miles, mostly through a district of Keewatin on creeks, rivers, lakes, and ocean by canoe, launch, steamer, and York boat, paying out 7,000 in treaty annuities to the Cross Lake, Spin Lake, and Nelson House band of Cree Indians and arranging for the Chipewyan Indians at Fort Churchill and the Cree Indians at York Factory to come into treaty No. 5 next year, W. J. McLean, a paying officer in No. 5, Dr. Victor Winkler and Allan Holmes, returned to Winnipeg on Saturday night. 
  • 1947  Only 63,238 Indians are receiving the treaty annuity but all other Indians, with this exception, are given the same services and benefits. By the treaties, groups of Indians ceded to the Crown all their title and interest in the lands over which they formerly roved and hunted, in exchange for the guarantee of residential reserves, education, annual cash payments, and other considerations. 
  • 1991  Later, he moved to Indian affairs. He reorganized chaotic Indian Land Sales accounts by introducing a new loose-leaf ledger system and a uniform method of calculating interest. From there, he went to the Reserves and Trusts section to straighten treaty annuity records. 
  • 2005  ...still upholds the original treaty annuity of $5 for each band member, $15 for ... 
  • 2010  Treaty Annuities The Treaty Annuity Program is responsible for administering payments and benefits according to the various treaties that First Nations signed with the British and later Canadian government. As each treaty is unique; so are the benefits to which each First Nations individual is entitled. Many treaties provide for annual payments, which are paid in cash at Treaty Day events and amount to roughly $1.7 million annually. 
  • 2012  TREATY DAYS CELEBRATED A two-day celebration of the signing of Treaty 4 was held at the Gathering Place. Treaty annuity payments were made and entertainment was provided. 
  • 2016  After years of doggedly perusing a settlement, the Specific Claims Commission ruled in 2015 that the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation was correct in its assertion the Crown had breached its lawful obligation to pay the band treaty annuities following the Resistance of 1885.