Land Acknowledgement for Toronto
We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Pronunciation
- Anishnabeg: (ah-nish-naw-bek)
- Haudenosaunee: (hoodt-en-oh-show-nee)
- Métis: (may-tee)
Treaties
What is the purpose of this site?
The goal is to understand the First Nations tribes that lived here and still live here. To connect the past ancestors that inhabited the land that is now Canada and see the living reserves and first nations people that occupy this land today. And learn fun things about them along the way!
Land Acknowledgement Toronto
A collection of links to go through! I started trying to identify all the bands in my search to uncover the living relatives of the ancestors that negotiated the treaties. Better understanding of who Toronto is acknowledging.
“‘Mississauga’ is a colonial word,” she says. “Ojibway, Chippewa – it’s what the Dutch, the British, or the French called us. We’re Anishnabe.” That word translates as “human beings.”
Tkaronto = Mohawk word meaning “where there are trees standing in the water”
“people of the longhouse” commonly referred to as Iroquois or Six Nations
Originally a confederacy of five nations inhabiting the northern part of New York state, the Haudenosaunee consisted of the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga and Mohawk. When the Tuscarora joined the confederacy early in the 18th century, it became known as the Six Nations
This is just going to be about related information I find along the way
Mary Two-Axe Earley was a Mohawk and Oneida women's rights activist from the reserve of Kahnawake in Quebec, Canada. After losing her legal Indian status due to marrying a non-status man, Two-Axe Earley advocated for changes to the Indian Act, which had promoted gender discrimination and stripped First Nations women of the right to participate in the political and cultural life of their home reserves.