There were 11 numbered treaties in Canada.
Indian Act Numbered Treaties
The Indian act, the numbered treaties , the Canadian constitution and the Manitoba act.
Kabelo mchunu signed the treaty
the numbered treaties did not recognize the rights of the first nations because the first nations were shy and they thought what they received was good, but in reality their land was sold to make railways.
The numbered treaties were created primarily as a means for the Canadian government to establish peaceful relations with Indigenous peoples while securing land for settler expansion and resource development. These treaties aimed to formally recognize Indigenous rights and provide compensation in exchange for land, establishing a framework for coexistence. However, many Indigenous groups have since challenged the interpretation and implementation of these treaties, citing unfulfilled promises and a lack of respect for their rights.
To provide an accurate answer, I need to know which specific treaty agreement you are referring to, as Canada has numerous treaties with Indigenous peoples and other nations. For example, the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 in Paris, while various numbered treaties were established between 1871 and 1921 across Canada. Please specify the treaty for a more precise response.
Canada
Treaties were numbered to keep track of them and the Indian Act was needed to bring them under Canadian control. The purpose was to put off for a future generation the issue of Aboriginal land and rights claims. Treaties themselves were meant to avoid or put off into the future a war for land and control, or at least as much as possible. There were still battles and wars fought but for Britain treaties worked very well. Not so well for the Aboriginals. They have not worked so well for Canada either. The treaties, the very idea of such treaties come from a time in which a persons race was used to determine their class and the rights they could expect. As a result such Treaties are race based. They were not based on any Nation status, just race and area, a way to keep the races apart. Which is why South Africa used them as a model for their apartheid. Even by the end of the 1800's when Canada was taking over from Britain the idea that a persons race should determine everything was being questioned but it was easier to just continue what Britain had started. Today after the racial genocide of WWII and the Civil rights movements of the later half of the 20th century many Canadians believe as stated in their Charter of Rights that people should not be discriminated against (or for) based on race. Yet the Indian Act and the treaties are fundamentally racist, segregating people by their race, with access to Canadian resources and government programs being determined by race. Regardless of how long a persons family has lived in Canada, even if it has been 500yrs, if they are not perceived as being of a race covered by treaties, they cannot achieve, or work towards having equal rights. As long as Canada holds to such race based laws and treaties a Canadians human rights will depend on that Canadians race. But to extend equal rights to all Canadians regardless of race is to deal with the original purpose of the Treaties and the Indian Act. That will mean that some parts of Canada will want to leave the Confederation. Some of those parts are worth fighting to keep in Canada. The real purpose of the Indian Act and the numbered treaties is to put off that conflict at least until the next generation. So it has been, and so it will be, at least for now.
In Canada 16-18 major ones. I am not sure about the U.S. though.
A numbered company is another named that is used for a corporation. This term is most commonly used in Canada.
Robert J. Talbot has written: 'Negotiating the numbered treaties' -- subject(s): Indians of North America, History, Treaties, Government relations, Statesmen, Biography