Treaty 9

Treaty 9 was an agreement established in July 1905, between the Government of Canada in the name of King Edward VII and various First Nations in northern Ontario. One First Nation community in the bordering Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec is included in this treaty. It was also known as the "James Bay Treaty," since the eastern end of the affected treaty territory was at the shore of James Bay. Additional signings of First Nations, or adhesions, were conducted in 1906. Further adhesions involving the Ojibway and Swampy Cree tribes were completed in 1929 and 1930.

Timeline

• 29 June 1905: Duncan C. Scott, Samuel Stewart are appointed as treaty commissioners by the Government of Canada. Daniel G. MacMartin is appointed by the province of Ontario. They would jointly conduct the negotiations with northern Ontario First Nations communities.
• 3 July 1905: Agreement between province of Ontario and the federal Canadian government in support of Treaty 9
• 12 July 1905: Osnaburgh signing
• 19 July 1905: Fort Hope signing
• 25 July 1905: Marten Falls signing
• 3 August 1905: Fort Albany signing
• 9 August 1905: Moose Factory signing
• 21 August 1905: New Post signing
• 7 June 1906: Abitibi signing
• 20 June 1906: Matachewan signing
• 7 July 1906: Mattagami signing
• 16 July 1906: Flying Post signing
• 19 July 1906: Fort Hope signing
• 25 July 1906: New Brunswick House signing
• 9 August 1906: Long Lake signing
• 5 July 1929: Big Trout Lake signing
• 18 July 1930: Windigo River signing
• 25 July 1930: Fort Severn signing
• 28 July 1930: Winisk signing
• 2011 Diaries kept by Daniel D. MacMartin, treaty commissioner for the Government of Ontario when the agreement was signed in 1905, were discovered by historians at Queen's University archives. Legal Council Murray Klippenstien, claimed that in MacMartin's diaries oral promises had been made that contradicted the written Treaties and supports Elders' claims. He quoted from Commissioner MacMarten’s diary, "it was explained to them that they could hunt and fish as of old" and "they were not restricted as of territory" and "they could hunt wherever they pleased." Klippenstien argued that oral promises that are part of the Treaty should override legislation like the Far North Act. ^[1]

List of Treaty 9 First Nations

By signatories

Alphabetically

See also

• List of treaties
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation
• The Canadian Crown and First Nations, Inuit and Métis

References

External links

• Treaty 9-- Complete Treaty 9 Text Reprinted 1964.
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
  • Treaty 9 Text
  • Treaty Guide to Treaty No. 9 (1905-1906)
  • Backgrounder on James Bay Treaty 9
  • Treaty 9 Bibliography
• On the Path of the Elders