Honourable mention: Treaty commissioner diary discovery
The discovery of the diaries of Treaty 9 commissioners by the Mushkegowuk Tribal Council appears to confirm what many First Nation leaders have been saying all along: that many oral agreements were made between the government and the First Nations that were not reflected in the treaty written in 1905.
“We’re finding the treaty commissioners … said many, many things to our forefathers in regards to the treaty for the purpose of getting that X,” Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit said.
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