post managers, factors, were not well paid, so they fidue extra money short weighing the native trappers. The managers were to give 7 beaver pelts for a rifle. Factors would take 14 and make a In 1869, Rupert's Land sold to provinces and the crown, Aboriginals became the of Canada. Treaties were written in Indian Reserves were placed in areas. When Lord Selkirk signed the first treaty, all they got was 100 pounds of tobacco. Each treaty Indian was given $3 a a ball of twine, and ammunition. Today, every treaty Indian receives $5 a year. Non-treaty Indians, who live off the receive no money. Any pretense of real compensation is gone. It is just symbolic of who holds the and who holds the money