FSIN, government mark 25 years of Treaty Land Entitlement agreement
Over 25 years ago an agreement signed by the governments of Saskatchewan, Canada and 25 Indigenous communities addressed outstanding Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) claims.
Through TLE, over 860,000 acres of reserve lands were created and brought economic development opportunities in a wide variety of ventures through a “complex and lengthy process” according to a release from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
Since the agreement was signed, eight additional agreements were made based off of the framework of the original TLE agreement in 1992.
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron addressed the importance of Treaty Land Entitlement to bands in Saskatchewan in a media release.