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treaty payment
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
an annual payment of treaty money.
See: treaty money
Quotations
1864
All is quiet here though we have a great many Indians waiting not very patiently for the treaty payment.
1936
Far off, on the lake, they saw the Dog Ribs, Yellow Knives and other Indians hurrying in boats and canoes to Fort Resolution for the treaty payments.
1962
"My friend been collecting treaty payments on his name. . . ."
2
a day on which such payments are made.
See: Treaty Day
Quotations
1921
My duties were to follow the treaty payments. Wherever the government had a treaty with the Indians, each member of an Indian family received $5 per year, councillors $15 and chiefs $25, in addition to fish nets, tea, tobacco and seeds.
1952
. . . moccasins were worn the year around, the fancy beaded or silk embroidered variety being much in evidence during Christmas festivities and at Treaty Payment.