Weekly Radio: You Are Now on Treaty Land

By now, we are used to attending public events that begin with an acknowledgement that we are on treaty land. This ritual grew out of a claim by the Truth […]
Published on July 23, 2018

By now, we are used to attending public events that begin with an
acknowledgement that we are on treaty land. This ritual grew out of a claim by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that such a statement was necessary to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians together. But that statement is historically wrong and meant to advance another cause altogether.

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