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Community:
Environment
Local Communities
Aboriginal Communities
Bending Lake Field Camp
Cone/Wetelainen Family
History
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ABORIGINAL
COMMUNITIES
On October 3, 1873, the Ojibway Nation and Queen Victoria
entered into an agreement known as Treaty 3. The treaty covers a large part
of what is now northwestern Ontario and a small part of eastern Manitoba.
Treaty 3 also provided for rights for the Metis and other Ojibway through a
series of adhesions signed over the next year. Twenty eight First Nations
communities make up Treaty 3.
Those communities closest to the proposed development sites
include:
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Lac La Croix First Nation, PO Box 640, Fort Frances, ON P9A
3N9
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Nicickousemenecaning First Nation, Box 68, Fort Frances, ON
P9A 3M5
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Onigaming First Nation, PO Box 160, Nestor Falls, ON P0W
1K0
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Seine River First Nation, Box 124, Mine Centre, ON P0W 1H0
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Wabigoon Lake First Nation, Site 115, Box 300, Dryden, ON
P8N 2Y4
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Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation, 1100 Merorial, St 328,
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 4A3
Manito Aki Inakonggaawi (the Great Earth Law)
The Ground Council of Treaty 3 at its website
www.gct3.net dealt with emerging issues in resource development by
posting the following:
“In
recent years however, the Canadian government recognized that changes to the
Constitution in 1982, supported by recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions,
clearly establishes that the jurisdiction of Anishinaabe government
continues to exist. Therefore, the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty 3 maintains
rights to all lands and water in the Treaty 3 Territory, commonly referred
to as Northwestern Ontario. Accordingly, any development in the Treaty 3
Territory such as, but not limited to, forestry, mining, hydro, highways and
pipeline systems that operate in the Treaty 3 Territory require the consent,
agreement and participation of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty 3.”
Bending Lake Iron Group has a knowledgeable Aboriginal
Liaison Team who are willing to openly discuss any questions or concerns
with Aboriginal communities based on protocols and laws such as The Great
Earth Law and/or the updated Ontario Mining Act. |
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