By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source MICHIPICOTEN — Robinson Superior Treaty annuity talks failed because Ottawa and the Ontario government wouldn’t make a fair and reasonable offer, the chief of Michipicoten First Nation said Tuesday. The Crown’s negotiators seemed to think $3.6 billion “was an honourable suggestion on their part,” Chief Pat Tangie told Newswatch. “It was, as far as we’re concerned, absolutely not fair compensation.” The 12 First Nations in the Robinson Superior Treaty region were in negotiations to compensate for well over a century of underpayments in annuities under the treaty. Annuities paid to every member of First Nations under the 1850 treaty were supposed to increase as economic activity grew. Instead they have been frozen at $4 per year since 1874. In July,…
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