Rice Lake Purchase
Rice Lake Purchase is a treaty signed on November 5, 1818.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- November 2020: The Rice Lake Purchase involved the cession of 1,951,000 acres of land to the Crown for settlement purposes. The agreement established an annual payment of 740 pounds in province currency to be distributed to the Chippewa Nation. The treaty was intended to resolve doubts regarding land ownership in the back parts of the country. The treaty was signed on November 5, 1818, by several Chiefs and principal men of the Chippewa Nation.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Rice Lake purchase", Anishinabek News, 5 November 2020 (archived copy; original article).