Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of St. Peters of 1837 sold the land located in the Minnesota territory to the United States and granted the Ojibwe Indians the privilege of hunting, fishing, and gathering wild rice upon the lands, the rivers and the lakes included in the territory ceded.

So when the British government had lost the Revolutionary war, by "right of conquest" the United States won all of England's authority, which included rule over all of the people and land in the Americas. By this reasoning, this rule extended to the Indians that were in fact living on their land. But rather then defend (by another fight) the "right of conquest" against the Indians, Congress wanted to conduct peaceful negotiations with them instead. This brought about the Treaty of Hopewell in 1785 which historically was the very first treaty between the United States and the Cherokee people. The treaty was in fact to promote friendliness and good relations between the U.S. Government and the tribes. The reason also for the treaty was to protect the Cherokee from the intruding states of North Carolina and Georgia. However the treaty was a failure because both North Carolina and Georgia would not support it.

It provides a regime to enable future dealings in native title lands and imposes conditions on those dealings * It provides for the validation of any past grants of land that may otherwise have been invalid because of the existence of native title * It establishes a regime to ascertain where native title exists, who holds it and what it is, and to determine compensation for acts affecting it. *

The reason the Ojibwe Indians were entitled to the treaty rights because they never sold or bargained those privileges away. The Ojibwe Indians reserved rights such as fishing, hunting and gathering of plant resources when the land was sold to the United States.

The government began signing the treaties with the First Nations post-Royal Proclamation of 1763. The numbered treaties, however, came into play around the 1870s, after the buffalo population declined drastically and many bands were depopulated because of disease. During 1871-77, seven treaties were signed and four more were signed between 1899 and 1921. The treaties were negotiated orally, but when they were being documented by government negotiators many oral promises were missed. Basically, the intent was completely misunderstood. The First Nations also believed that the money they received was a gift given in exchange of sharing the land with the settlers, not for surrendering their land. They also expected the promises to last “As

They were interested in the land from Kenya, they wanted to use it to grow crops. The British became residents when taking over and the natives lost their land.

by forbidding the sale of any land within the reserve unless it was turned over to the

The Treaty of 1868 was between the Navajo and United Stated that was signed in to law in the late 19th century. Navajo leaders made an agreement for peace and friendship, reservation boundaries, education, land development and ownership. It allowed the

treaty. Like, assimilating the Native Americans into American society. Which meant they were no longer allowed to speak in their traditional language at the schools they would attend. Assimilating the Indians into society was more of a way for the government to have even more control over them then they did with the removal.

As the settlers moved west across Canada, they began competing for the same land and resources as the aboriginal people. It was decided for the greater good of Canada, they would need to aggressively assimilate the natives. “In the face of ensuing conflicts, the confederation government of Sir John A. Macdonald came to view First Nations and Métis as serious impediments to nation-building. Even as treaties to make large tracts of land

The British would require the granting and use of license to trade and obtain certain products. These became a feature to limit the unethical ways in which some would obtain a trade. For example, many white merchants “got their customers drunk, cheated them, and abused their women.” It was a way to protect the rights of the native populations and maintain peace within the colonies. A third feature is the buying and selling of westerner territory was placed in the hands of Lord Shelburne the President of the Board of Trade. It was not a statement of not expansion would ever take place, but a more regulated expansion process. This was put into act as a way to appease the colonist and still protect the Indians as well. The final provision is the movement towards the expansion of Quebec to develop a civil government for

In 1795 this Treaty was signed. Leaders of the Miamis and other Native Americans nations sighed this saying that they would give up land (Ohio). They traded this land for $20,000 and the promise of more money if they kept the peace.

This treaty was an agreement between the two parties in which the Natives ceded over 2.1 million acres of land by Lake Huron in exchange for a perpetual annuity of 1, 100 pounds. This left the Natives with Ipperwash point, divided into four sections for each existing native clan. The treaty, grossly favoring the British, was going smoothly until the 1790’s, when new European settles decided to expand into and occupy land on Ipperwash territory. There was much agitation between the two groups, but had no real consequences until the 1900s, when European settles voted to have the Ipperwash land, once again, reduced to only 50 acres for all four sanctions. In addition to this, Native Americans were encroaching on Ipperwash territory; the government was encouraging the two groups to combine into one large group. They were often considered as such by the British government, but the two groups resented each other and refused to cohabitate. Though there are no specific dates documenting fights because of these situations, it was causing obvious friction between all ethnic

Treaties were first developed between First Nations chiefs and the Crown. While they were meant to last forever,

Although the government promised the Native American people their land and to be safe and secured, the land would soon be taken and the government trading their land for more, it became a huge problem for the Natives very quickly.