Anishinabek Nation leadership honour Warriors on Remembrance Day
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 9, 2018)— Remembrance Day is a time dedicated to honour and remember the members of armed forces – the husbands,...
Interpreting the interpreters: a treaty week challenge
By Laurie E. Leclair In the nineteenth century, treaty diplomacy between the Crown and a First Nation usually followed a specific pattern: several months, maybe...
Land for goods: the Crawford Purchases
By Dr. David Shanahan At the end of the American War of Independence, large numbers of white settlers who had remained loyal to Britain, as...
Four Nations Alliance Belt: A lesson in Indigenous Diplomacy
By Laurie E. Leclair The “Four Nations Alliance Belt” can be found in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford England under the accession number 1896.7.1. It...
The accidental treaties
By Dr. David Shanahan Treaties are important documents. They deserve careful consideration. However, in a couple of weeks in 1836, one man, without any formal...
Anishinabek Nation hosts Treaties Recognition Week education events
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 5, 2018)— Anishinabek Nation leaders and educators highlighted treaty education resources at a living library event held at the Harris...
Chippewas of Rama First Nation woman elected as NAIG Council president
By Sam Laskaris ORILLIA – Dale Tamara Plett got a bit more than she bargained for when she attended a recent annual general meeting in...