that the treaty was completed the previous year and the band eventually agreed to the terms although they still maintain that they had been misled by the terms of the treaty. Howard and Reid then both set off to different bands to provide goods promised in the previous year or to negotiate new terms with groups who had not been up to negotiations the previous summer. Treaty terms were adjusted until 1907, although the Government of Canada was reluctant to make changes between 1876 and 1907. In 1930, the Canadian government and each of the prairie provinces signed the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, allowing the prairie provinces more control over the land and resources. 20 September 1875: signing of Treaty 5 at Berens River, Manitoba 24 September 1875: signing of Treaty 5 by Norway House and Pimicikamak peoples at Norway House, Manitoba 27 September. 1875: Grand Rapids signing 28 September 1875: signing by Wa-Pang or Dog-Head community, to be included with the reservation assigned for the Norway House community 26 July 1876: Big Island signing at Wa-Pang/Dog-Head Island 4 August 1876: signing by Grand Rapids tribes at Beren's River 7 September 1876: signing by Black River Saulteaux band, signed in Winnipeg 7 September 1876: The Pas signing by tribes in that region 26 June 1908: Split Lake adhesion signing 8 July 1908: Norway House adhesion signing 15 July 1908: Cross Lake adhesion signing 30 July 1908: Nelson House adhesion signing 24 August 1908: Fisher River adhesion signing 29 July 1909: Oxford House adhesion signing 6 August 1909: God's Lake adhesion signing 13 August 1909: Island Lake adhesion signing 9 June 1910: Deer's Lake East adhesion signing 10 August 1910: York Factory adhesion signing Issues The speed at which the treaty was negotiated left room for a great deal of misunderstanding for both the government commissioners and the Indigenous peoples. In many instances, treaties were negotiated orally and then were written down separately. In some cases, the oral terms negotiated with Indigenous groups did not match what was eventually written down. This posed issues as there were sometimes two varying terms of the negotiations. Another issue that treaty negotiations faced was the language barrier, especially in what is known as the “surrender clause.” The official language used in Treaty Five is, “The Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians and all other the Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter described and defined,