LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson distributes Treaty annuity during Treaty Days on May 4. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

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LLRIB members celebrate 2023 Treaty Days

May 4, 2023 | 11:56 AM

Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) is hosting Treaty Days on Thursday and Friday.

Treaty Days for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) started on Monday at Hall Lake’s Sally Ross School, followed by the band hall in Sucker River and Nihithow Awasis School in Grandmother’s Bay on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Treaty Days occurred at the community hall in Stanley Mission.

Members of the LLRIB and some other First Nations in Canada are entitled to a $5 treaty payment each year. On Feb. 11, 1889, Chief James Roberts signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 on behalf of the band.

Five dollars was a lot more in those days. In 2006, the LLRIB did a study to determine how much $5 back then would be in today’s dollars and it came out to approximately $2,500. Before the March election, the LLRIB council passed a resolution and retained lawyers to pursue a claim to increase the Treaty annuity payment.

The celebration at JRMCC also included various information booths, as well as the election for spots on band committees. Hamburgers and hotdogs are also being served.

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The hours for Treaty Days in La Ronge are 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. On May 9, Treaty Days will be held at the Little Red River school gym from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Treaty annuity payments will also be distributed in Saskatoon on June 21 at Station 20 West and July 5 in Prince Albert at the PA Exhibition Hall. Both days hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

Twitter: @saskjourno