ORC Archibald – Statement on Treaties Recognition Week

TORONTO – Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald acknowledges the third annual Treaties Recognition Week in Ontario, encouraging people of all ages in Ontario to learn more about our original relationships and agreements.
Prior to contact by European settlers, First Nations were sovereign and self-governing Nations. Post contact, First Nations and various European Nations, made Treaties, those Treaties, to this day affirm our nationhood and jurisdiction. The Treaties made between the va