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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2003

Every year, the Canadian government doles out $5 to every Native man, woman and child, honoring a treaty promise made more than a century ago.

But some say the payment should keep up with modern times. A Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations representative says $5 in today's money would equal $40,000.

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Treaty annuities a time honoured tradition (CBC 6/20)