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Treaties were &#8220;meant to be a respectful relationship where we could continue to live our lives, practise our inherent rights of hunting, trapping, fishing and trade amongst one another,&#8221; said Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief David Pratt in front of a teepee erected on the lawn. &#8220;It was not meant to be what it is today, which is the oppression of our people. We want to remind the King our chiefs want to see him. 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