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The Alderville litigation was filed by the seven Williams Treaties
First Nations in 1992 and went to trial in 2012. The Alderville
litigation deals with a longstanding dispute about the making,
terms, interpretation, and implementation of the 1923 Williams
Treaties. Terms of the negotiated settlement include:

• Financial compensation of $1.11 billion ($666 million by
Canada and $444 million by Ontario).

• An entitlement for each First Nation to add up to 11,000
acres of land to their reserve land base, subject to Canada’s
Additions to Reserve/Reserve Creation policy. The First
Nations are responsible for acquiring these lands.
• Recognition of the First Nations’ continuing treaty harvesting
rights, and a commitment to continue to work together to
implement these rights.
• A commitment by Canada and Ontario to provide an oral
and written statement of apology to the Williams Treaties
First Nations.

The Gunshot Treaty was a pre-Confederation treaty that
surrendered lands east of Lake Ontario “as far as gunshot could
be heard,” as well as all other lands in Ontario that were part of
our territory (see The Indian Act and Treaties on page 65, and
The Williams Treaties: A Chronology of Events on page 70 in the
Resources section).

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