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FACTS
- 23 AB FIRST NATIONS
- 3 SK First Nations
- 6 NWT First Nations
- 8 BC First Nations
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Beaver, Cree, Chipewyan, Dene Saulteaux
PROMISES AS REMEMBERED BY OUR ELDERS
- Education
- Healthcare
- Hunting & Fishing
- Exemption From Taxes & War Participation
- Natural Resources
- Agricultural Provisions
- Justice
TREATY ANNUITY PAYMENT OF $5
- 640 Acres of Land per family of 5 or 160 Acres of land for each person not living with a band
- A new suit of clothes for the Chief & Council every three years
TREATY NO. 8 GUARANTEED THESE PROMISES
FOR
"...as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows..."
It wasn't until 1989 that the first Land Claim was settled. Ninety years later, Sturgeon Lake First Nation received the land that was promised to them in this 1899 treaty.
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