In Their Own Land: Treaty Ten and the Canoe Lake, Clear Lake, and English River Bands

Book, 2006, 102 pp
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In the summer of 1906, the Dene people of English River and Clear Lake, and the Cree people of Canoe Lake, entered into a treaty relationship with the Canadian government. In return for granting settlers access to nearly 220,000 square kilometers of land in northern Saskatchewan, the Cree and Dene were promised access to education, medicine, assistance in times of need, support for the elderly, yearly annuity payments,and, most importantly, that their traditional hunting, fishing, and trapping ways of life would continue unimpeded.

The Indian Commissioner said, "If you take this money, this treaty money, your way of life will not be subjected to anything. You can kill game anywhere so you can feed your people. We will not even speak out on it, there will be no policy made on it."

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