Treaty Rights of the Six Nations are about indigenous sovereignty and selfdetermination. Treaty gives Haudenosaunee hunters the right to hunt in Short Hills provincial park. Despite any arguments against the hunt, the Treaty Rights need to be respected.
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Statement from Supporters of Haudenosaunee Right to Hunt.pdf
Treaty Rights of the Six Nations are about indigenous sovereignty and selfdetermination. Treaty gives Haudenosaunee hunters the right to hunt in Short Hills provincial park. Despite any arguments against the hunt, the Treaty Rights need to be respected.
Treaty Rights of the Six Nations are about indigenous sovereignty and selfdetermination. Treaty gives Haudenosaunee hunters the right to hunt in Short Hills provincial park. Despite any arguments against the hunt, the Treaty Rights need to be respected.
Treaty Rights are about Indigenous sovereignty and selfdetermination.
Treaty Rights are certain rights that were reserved by indigenous peoples when they signed treaties with settler societies in the wake of European colonization. So why can First Nations hunt in Short Hills Provincial Park? The Albany Deed, or the Nanfan Treaty, is a treaty signed in 1701 between John Nanfan on behalf of the British Crown and the Iroquois Confederacy, or the Haudenosaunee, which is a confederacy of Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca Nations, and joined by Tuscarora Nations in 1722. This Iroquois Confederacy is also known as the Six Nations of the Grand River. This treaty gives Haudenosaunee hunters the right to hunt on their traditional grounds, which includes Short Hills. This treaty pre-dates the provincial park designation by the Ministry of Natural Resources, related laws, and rural development in the area. Regardless of any arguments against the hunt, the Treaty Rights need to be respected. For more information, research any of the bolded terms and read the treaty: www.sixnations.ca/LandsResources/NanFanTreaty.pdf
Supporters of Haudenosaunee right to hunt.
We are citizens and community members and we are Treaty people. We aim to honour the Treaties and would like to see that the Nanfan treaty is honoured by all. We believe as members of this community and as settlers in the Haudenosaunee territory encompassed by the Nanfan Treaty that it is our responsibility to be here in support of the Haudenosaunee hunters. We work nonviolently and by the invitation of the hunters. At the moment we are small in numbers but affirm, by our presence on this ground, the social justice inherent in affirming Treat rights and responsibilities. We encourage others in this territory to support the hunters and their Treaty rights through non-violent social action and support. Nathan Cecckin, Teaching Assistant at Brock Grace Channer, PhD student, Teaching Assistant at Brock Margot Francis, Associate Professor, WGST, Brock Peter Haresnape, Toronto Christian Peacemaker Teams Jodielynn Harrison, Teaching Assistant at Brock Karen Hoffman, Teaching Assistant at Brock Mike Hyde, community activist Luke Kalfleish, MA student, Teaching Assistant at Brock Derek Lindman, Social Justice Educator Andrew McCloud, activist Mandy Page, community member H. Patterson, community member Carrie Peters, Toronto Christian Peacemaker Teams Alex Tigchelaar, MA student, Teaching Assistant at Brock Cecilia Turnbull, MA student, Teaching Assistant at Brock Sherri Vansickle, Six Nations Ron Walker, community activist Chuck Wright, Winnipeg Christian Peacemaker Teams Anna Zwanzig, Teaching Assistant at Brock
Stealing Fire, Scattering Ashes Anishinaabe Expressions of Sovereignty, Nationhood, and Land Tenure in Treaty Making With The United States and Canada, 1785 - 1923 PDF