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Until the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the first of the historic treaties between the Crown and Indigenous peoples were for military alliances and for economic reasons. Later on, treaties were also used to ascertain land rights, regarding the usage of lands. This included the land rights of Indigenous people and European settlers. After the Royal Proclamation of 1763, treaties changed, and the treaties between Indigenous peoples and the Crown were used for the exchange of Indigenous land for compensations from the Crown, and other compensations, such as reserved lands. From 1701 to 1923, 70 treaties were signed, and these treaties are considered to be historic treaties. Because of the differences between the Crown and Indigenous peoples regarding historic treaty implementation, many actions have been taken to address these issues. One example is the Specific Claims process. This process handles any issues regarding land issues or other compensation issues. Other examples include independent treaty commissions. These commissions take efforts to advance discourse regarding the topic of historic treaties.

Treaties signed after 1973 are considered to be modern treaties, which are also referred to as comprehensive land agreements. These treaties affect areas where historic treaties had not been signed. The negotiation and creation of modern treaties and the implementation of these treaties is currently an ongoing process. After the 1973 decision (Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia) by the Canadian Supreme Court of Canada, the Comprehensive Land Claims Policy was created, which resulted in the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in 1975, the first of 26 modern treaties. Self-government is also an aspect of several of these modern treaties. Other aspects, such as land ownership, or resource management are addressed in modern treaties. Modern treaties and the implementation of modern treaties are the results of the continued discussion and cooperation between Indigenous groups and the provincial, territorial, and federal governments of Canada.