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Federal government giving $800M, province 109,385 acres of land to first nations in northeastern B.C.

Treaty payments by mail or direct deposit If you're eligible for treaty annuity payments but can't go to a treaty payment event, you can download and fill out a Treaty Annuity Payment Request form and email or mail it to our regional office in your area. Addresses are shown on the form.

Jordan's Principle is a child-first principle to ensure First Nations children get the services they need when they need them. To submit a request for services through Jordan's Principle, call the Jordan's Principle 24-hour Call Centre: 1-855-JP-CHILD (1-855-572-4453) or visit canada.ca/jordans-principle.

After the agreement was signed, the federal government was to set aside land for reserves and pay an annuity of $5 per year to each Status First Nation person. However, the payments have not been adjusted to match the cost of living since the Treaty was signed nearly 150 years ago.

The collective Williams Treaties First Nations approved a proposed $1.1-billion settlement. The settlement amounted to approximately $85 per acre for land surrendered under the Williams Treaties of 1923. The value of the land during the settlement was between $10,000 and $15,000.

A settlement was reached in 2023 for $10 billion, with Ontario and Canada each paying half. Nipissing Chief Scott McLeod said the decision in the 2018 case was based on the legal argument that there was a lump sum of money that was to be paid to the First Nations.