Treaty Number Three
Treaty IndianA Status
Indian who belongs to a First Nation or Band which signed a treaty with the Crown.
Treaty
A term refers to treaties which the First Nations band had entered into with the
federal government to ensure and maintain certain aboriginal privileges and provisions in
exchange for the use of land by the federal government.
Treaty Number 3
A treaty entered into by First Nations located from the western portion of Ontario
(northwest of Thunder Bay) entered into with the federal government in 1873. Adhesions to
the treaty were made in 1874. The treaty lands range from the United States Border west to
the Manitoba border from which it traces the watershed line midway throught Northern
Ontario to near Lake Nipigon. The treaty is officially entitled, "Treaty 3 between
Her Majesty the Queen and the Saulteaux Tribe of the Ojibwa Indians at the Northwest Angle
on the Lake of the Woods with Adhesions."
Native Communites within Treaty Number Three
Assabaska
Allenwater
Big Grassy
Big Island
Brokenhead
Couchiching
Dalles
Dinorwic
Dryden
Eagle Lake
Eagle River
Fort Alexander
Fort Frances
Frenchman's Head
Grassy Narrows
Hungry Hall
Islington
Keewatin
Kenora
Lac La Croix
Lac Seul
Long Sault No. 1
Long Sault No. 2
Manitou - Buffalo Point
Manitou Rapids
Morson
Northwest Angle
Onegaming
Rainy River
Rat Portage
Savanne
Savant Lake
Seine River
Shoal Lake #39
Shoal Lake #40
Sioux Lookout
Vermillion Bay
Wabigoon
Whitedog
Whitefish Bay
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