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Under the 1784 Haldimand Proclamation, which Six Nations says is undoubtedly a \u2018treaty\u2019, the Crown granted about 950,000 acres of land to SNGR in Ontario, known as the Haldimand Tract, in return for their alliance during the Revolutionary War. (1775\u20141783) Canada and Ontario maintain that the proclamation is not a treaty. Both disagree that they have been at fault in their dealings with the Six Nations. 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