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The Williams Treaties: A Chronology of Events
1690 Mississaugas and Chippewas move through Southern Ontario, as a
part of their traditional hunting.
1830 Pottawatomi move into Southern Ontario by agreement with
Nishnaabeg nations.
1850 Chippewas protest inclusion of land south of Moose Deer Point in
the Robinson Huron Treaty.
1869 Rice Lake and Rama protest incursions into northern
hunting territories.
1870 Canada plans to run a transcontinental railroad through First Nations
hunting territories.
1871 Canada acknowledges First Nations lands were never surrendered
and recommends annuities to First Nations.
1876 Chippewas complain about infringements on hunting and
fishing rights.
1878 Canada recommends a “fair and reasonable” price per acre in First
Nations hunting grounds.
1879 First Nations agree to trust Canada to settle the claim in their best
interest and request additional hunting reserves to be set aside.
1884 Alderville requests $80 000 plus lands as settlements.
1884 Canada recommends $321 872 plus 60 703 hectares of reserve land
for seven First Nation groups.
1887 A Federal Commission is struck to investigate claims.
1893 Ontario refuses to pay compensation.
1894 A Board of Arbitration is struck and reviews claims.
1897 Canada requests that the claim be removed from the Board of
Arbitration on jurisdictional grounds and recommends that a treaty
be negotiated.
1898 The McKenna–Rimmer Commission reviews the claim and decides
that northern lands belong to Ojibwa and Algonquins.
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