Historical Treaties Between William Robinson And The Ojibwa Chiefs

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Historical treaties signed between the Indigenous people of Canada and the British Crown helped further the development of Canada in terms in alliances, trade, and land settlement. These early historical treaties such as The Covenant Chain created alliances between the Indigenous people and British colonies, which were important in keeping good relations for negotiating more treaties in the future. Moreover, The Peace and Friendship Treaties were simply to create peace and good relations between the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet in the maritime regions. Treaties were not only for peace and friendship, but land cessions as well. The Robinson Treaties were negotiated between William Robinson and the Ojibwa Chiefs, the purpose of the treaties allowed mining