Treaty-based strategies are required to address the unique needs of Indigenous communities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. A treaty-based approach should recognize provisions within the Numbered Treaties, including the Famine and Pestilence Clause and Medicine Chest Clause, agreed to during the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876. The Famine and Pestilence Clause established the Crown’s obligation to aid Indigenous Peoples within Treaty 6 Territory in the event of calamities such as locust raids, storms, starvation, and disease. The Medicine Chest Clause instituted the means through which the Crown would provide medical care for Indigenous Peoples within the jurisdiction. The Government of Canada has a legal obligation to invoke the Famine and Pestilence Clause and Medicine Chest Clause in a strategy to address the spread of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities.

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COVID-19 大流行：援引编号条约中的药箱条款与饥荒和瘟疫条款配对

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，需要基于条约的战略来解决加拿大土著社区的独特需求。基于条约的方法应承认编号条约中的条款，包括在 1876 年签署第 6 号条约期间商定的饥荒和瘟疫条款和药箱条款。饥荒和瘟疫条款确立了官方在条约范围内援助土著人民的义务6 发生蝗灾、风暴、饥饿和疾病等灾难时的领土。医药箱条款规定了官方为管辖范围内的土著人民提供医疗服务的方式。