Ojibwe. Treaty Texts - Upper Canada Land Surrenders. Treaty Listings: Michilimackinac Island, No. 1 By these Presents We the following Chiefs Kitchi Negou or Grand Sable, Pouanas, Kousse and Magousseihigan in behalf of ourselves and all others of our Nation the Chipwas, who have or can lay claim to the hereinmentioned Island, as being their Representatives and Chiefs, by and with mutual consent do surrender and yield up into the hands of Lieutenant Governor Sinclair, for the behalf and use of His Majesty George the Third, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., His heirs, executors, administrators for ever, the Island of Michilimakinak or as it is called by the Canadians La Grosse Isle (situate in that Strait which joins the Lakes Huron and Michigan,) and we do hereby make for ourselves and posterity a renunciation of all claims in future to said Island.
Robert Sinclair, Lt. -Governor and Commandant, John Mompessor, Capt. R. John Robert McDougall, Ensign, King's or Eight Regiment, Matt. Copy of a copy D. Antler River Associates. The traditional territories of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation included a river which flows for over 273 kilometres. This river was the lifeline of a People who depended on it for transportation, food, and spiritual sustenance. The Chippewa called the river Deshkan Ziibiing or Antler River. The antlers refer to the antlers or the horns on the water serpent that lived in the river. The French called the river La Tranche and in1792 the British named it the Thames River. It served as the main transportation route for thousands of years. Natural resources are still abundant in the river and along the riverbanks. Antler River Associates takes it name from Antler River, the river which continues to flows through the traditional, unceded territory of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.
The Chippewas of the Thames First Nation The history of the Chippewas of the Thames is fascinating and provides an interesting perspective to a history that is shared with the country of Canada. First Nation Communities in Ontario | firstnation.ca. Four Directions Teachings.com - Aboriginal Online Teachings and Resource Centre - © 2006 - 2012 All Rights Reserved 4D Interactive Inc., a subsidiary of Invert Media Inc. Transcripts for Four Directions Teachings.com: Four Directions Teachings celebrates Indigenous oral traditions by honoring the process of listening with intent as each elder or traditional teacher shares a teaching from their perspective on the richness and value of cultural traditions from their nation. In honor of the timelessness of Indigenous oral traditions, audio narration is provided throughout the site, complimented by beautifully animated visuals.
In addition, the site provides free curriculum packages for grades 1 to 12 to further explore the vast richness of knowledge and cultural philosophy that is introduced within each teaching. The curriculum is provided in downloadable PDF and can also be read online through the Teacher’s Resources link. The elders and traditional teachers who have shared a teaching on this site were approached through a National Advisory Committee of Indigenous people concerned with the protection and promotion of Indigenous knowledge. Blackfoot - Dr. Being and becoming Indigenous: Resurgence against contemporary colonialism | Taiaiake. The 2013 Narrm Oration, “Being and becoming Indigenous: Resurgence against contemporary colonialism”, was delivered by Professor Taiaiake Alfred on 28 November.
Professor Alfred is the founding Director of the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He specialises in traditions of governance, decolonisation strategies, and land based cultural restoration. The Narrm Oration has been hosted annually by Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development at The University of Melbourne with the support of Rio Tinto Australia since 2009. “There is a danger in allowing colonization to be the only story of Indigenous lives. Colonialism is an effective analytic frame, but it is limited as a theory of liberation. It is a narrative in which the Settler’s power is fundamental and unquestioned; it limits the freedom of the colonized by framing all movement as acts of resistance or outcomes of Settler power.
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