In
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, a treaty Indian is an Indian who belongs to a band that is party to one of the eleven
Numbered Treaties
The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) ...
signed by Canada with various First Nations between 1871 and 1922.
[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Reference/dict/pop108.htm ] It contrasts with Indians whose bands are not party to a treaty (primarily in British Columbia) and with "
non-status Indians
In Canada, the term non-status Indian refers to any First Nations person who for whatever reason is not registered with the federal government, or is not registered to a band which signed a treaty with the Crown.
For several decades, status India ...
", that is, people of Indian heritage who are not recognized legally as Indians.
See also
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Treaty rights
In Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States the term treaty rights specifically refers to rights for indigenous peoples enumerated in treaties with settler societies that arose from European colonization.
Exactly who is indigenou ...
References
First Nations
Aboriginal title in Canada
Numbered Treaties
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