LLRIB Treaty Days celebrations wrapping up
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It’s the last day for Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) members to collect treaty annuity payments.
All this week, Treaty Days were held at several northern communities giving residents the chance to collect their annual payment of $5 from the federal government. Payments began Monday at Hall Lake, followed by Sucker River and Grandmother’s Bay on Tuesday and Stanley Mission the next day. Thursday was the busiest day in the La Ronge area with activities such as a community meal, a culture camp and several contests being held at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre.
“It’s important for us to celebrate Treaty Days and make a big effort to make sure people come out,” LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson said. “It’s 129 years since our Treaty was signed, so next year we’re going to be planning for something bigger.”
On Feb. 11, 1889, Cook-Searson said Chief James Roberts signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 on behalf of the band at Molanosa near Montreal Lake. In those days, she noted $5 was worth much more than it is now, especially because each member of the family received the money. In 2006, the LLRIB did a study determine how much $5 back then would be in today’s dollars and Cook-Searson said it comes to $2,500. The largest payment collected this year in La Ronge was $110.
