ArtReach acknowledges that the land on which we work is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, the Métis, and most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
This territory was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. This territory is also covered by the Upper Canada Treaties. Today, the meeting place of Toronto (from the Haudenosaunee word Tkaronto) is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and live in this territory.
CELEBRATION EVENTS
Free streaming of NIPD celebrations from across Canada// Saturday, June 23rd http://indigenousdaylive.ca/how-to-watch/
Toronto Indigenous Arts Festival// June 21st– 24th// Fort York https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/indigenous-arts-festival/
Annual NCCT Indigenous History Month Celebration// June 27th// Dundas Square http://ncct.on.ca/aboriginal-history-month-celebration/
RECONCILIATION
Learn how Canada is working to address reconciliation and renew their relationship with Indigenous peoples here. Read more from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission here.
RESOURCES: ABORIGINAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TORONTO
GET INVOLVED IN DECOLONIZATION
OPIRG Toronto http://www.opirgtoronto.org/current-action-groups/
No One Is Illegal http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/taxonomy/term/6
2018 Decolonizing Conference https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-decolonizing-conference-dialoguing-and-living-well-together-decolonization-and-insurgent-voices-tickets-42716744934
Credit for the graphic in the image to: MAAIINGAN Productions