"the crown" is the "crown" at least to every FN i've met. no matter what settlers think.
i've always viewed prov gov bldgs as mini-palaces the "crown" could and would live in if they had to flee Britian. it'd be "their land" and palaces to revamp. the military in canada swears alligence to "the crown" not to canada and canadians. there's a gg for a reason not 'cause canadians don't want to try for a republic.
"the crown" has directly deeded land to individual FN's persons and Peoples. the Ojibway actually hold territory along the foot hills by Hinton deeded to them directly by "the crown" for services rendered in the past. another FN family i know has land deeded to them directly by a former king of "the crown" that's outside the land area of the reserve.
i don't agree with "the crown" directly deeding land to FN's. it's not theirs to deed in the first place. but they can and do and it makes my point very clear.