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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Ask your self why they signed the treaties, it wasnt like we gave them anything in return, sign here and we get to keep 99% of your stuff, you get to live on a tiny patch of what used to be your land and we will drop off some flour once a month to make up for the food you used to be able to freely obtain from the land we are taking.
hell of a 'treaty'
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The courts have rightfully interpreted treaty rights much more broadly than that.
Also, one the most important things to emerge from the Crown's early recognition of both Aboriginal title and Aboriginal rights (and later, treaty rights) is the Crown's fiduciary responsibility to indigineous peoples in Canada. The residential school system was a flagrant and egregious breach of those fiduciary responsibilities.