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REASONS FOR THE TREATY The Government of Canada negotiated the first five Numbered Treaties to gain land from the First Nations for settlement, agricultural, and industry. Also, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald needed the land to complete his dream, a transcontinental railway, which would run through the cites of Regina , Moose Jaw , and Swift Current in southern Saskatchewan. TERMS OF THE TREATY Each family of 5 covered by Treaty 4 would receive 2.5 square km of land, which they could sell back to the Government of Canada for compensation. Each person received $5 a year and a gift of clothing. A chief would receive $25 immediately plus and additional $25 per year, along with a coat and a silver medal. Every three years, a chief would receive a new suit of clothing. Four people of each band would also receive $15 a year and and new suit of clothing every three years. The people would also receive farming tools, and $750 annually for gunpowder, shot, bale and fishing net twine. Each Reserve would get a school when they desired a teacher. The people would also have the right to hunt and fish on all ceded land, except that land used for agriculture, forestry, mining, or on any land that was settled. TIMELINE
LIST OF TREATY 4 FIRST NATIONS
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