Who is in treaty 8

He then signed these adhesions with part of the Dane-zaa band at Fort St. In December , commissioner H. After the elections of representatives, the Indigenous peoples signed the adhesion on 15 August Harold Laird, clerk and Indian agent assistant, revisited the Fort Nelson bands in May to gain the adhesions of those who did not sign the year prior.

In , government officials noted that there were more bands that had not signed the treaty, including people at Fort Grahame, Moberly Lake, Fort St. In the summer of , the peoples at Moberly Lake were brought into treaty. In , one person from Whitefish Lake entered treaty; there were further entries from Whitefish Lake peoples in subsequent years.

Bands in other provinces were also passed over by the commissioners, including those in Lubicon Lake in Alberta. Almost immediately, issues arose with the treaty. Although money and supplies were supposed to be delivered every summer, the government fell behind on payments, and owed money to some groups for several years. Many of the promises that the Indigenous people insisted were made, such as medical care, were also not honoured.

Most problematically, however, a series of laws was passed that regulated hunting and trapping, including the Migratory Birds Act and the Game Act. This eventually led to acts of political resistance: for example, there was a boycott of the treaty at Fort Resolution in where First Nations refused to take their annual payments. As is the case with other treaties, the nations involved have disputed the extent to which the terms were either communicated or mentioned at all.

It is agreed that none of them would have signed had they known that it would result in restrictions on their traditional way of life. The transfer of responsibility for natural resources to the western provinces after also led to conflicts, as honouring the treaties was a federal rather than provincial responsibility.

Particularly in what is now the Northwest Territories , outstanding issues of land have long gone unresolved. While some nations have settled their claims, many more — including the Akaitcho Dene First Nations and the Dehcho First Nations see Dene Nation — are still in the process of negotiating land, resources, and self-government agreements.

Some treaty signatories in northeastern British Columbia have also opposed the development of oil, gas and hydroelectric projects, saying that it violates their treaty rights see Rights of Indigenous Peoples. To cede land the act of cession is to give up or surrender the authority to control and own that land. By signing an adhesion to a treaty, Indigenous peoples who could not attend or were not initially included in treaty negotiations were able to enter into the terms of that treaty.

Land title refers to specific rights to a territory. First Nations A-Z Listing. Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreements.

Strategic Engagement Agreements. Economic and Community Development Agreements. Forestry Agreements. Atmospheric Benefit Sharing Agreements. Natural Gas Benefits Agreements. Indigenous Peoples. Unlike Treaties 1 through 7, which were signed between and , it was not agricultural development or transcontinental transportation, but mining that spurred the treaty signing process in the north. Under Treaty 8, Indians would have the right to hunt, fish and trap throughout the surrendered tract except in those areas that were taken up from time to time for settlement, mining, lumbering, trading or other purposes.

Therefore we have amended this document to reflect that. Not long after, we felt the pain and trauma again after the discovery of more than children buried at the former Brandon Residential School near Sioux Valley Dakota First Nation. The discoveries continue and the numbers grow, reconfirming the truth of the stories told by residential school survivors. Presently, the federal government continues to fight residential school survivors in court.

The federal government has deflected, shifted blame, and refused to acknowledge its responsibility in creating, funding, and facilitating this program of genocide. The highest concentration of residential schools in Canada were in Treaty 8 territory. Of the 25 residential schools in Alberta, 11 were in Treaty 8. What has not been considered is that many schools were relocated during their operation — there could be multiple burial sites.

Residential schools are not the only sites we should be looking to for our kin. Day schools, where Indigenous children faced similar horrors, were also in operation across this country and of course, the Charles Camsell hospital. We call upon:. We will develop a plan to search our own lands for our children. There is no trust in the levels of government and churches to assist us; we fear they would contaminate the findings or claim no remains found.

It is insufficient and will not cover the costs to uncover the lost children across the country. We need a better plan to repatriate our relatives and give them the proper burials they deserve. We want the full cooperation and support of all levels of government, the churches, landowners, and industry to work with us as we develop and implement our plan for healing.

The United Nations has joined us in our request to uncover and disclose residential school records.