1 - What We Acknowledge
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In this episode, we look into the history behind Toronto’s land acknowledgements! Who are the Indigenous nations and confederacies alluded to by the acknowledgements, and what are the histories of the various treaties that are referenced? We discuss all this and more in our very first episode!
Some additional resources related to today’s topics:
- Talking Treaty Collective, A Treaty Guide for Torontonians (2022)
- Toronto Area treaty map, from Canada by Treaty project: https://www.history.utoronto.ca/sites/www.history.utoronto.ca/files/images/Toronto%20Treaties%20Map_0.pdf
- Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, and Brian Wright-McLeod, eds., Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry this Place (Coach House Books, 2021)
- Kayanesenh Paul Williams, Kayanerenkó:wa: The Great Law of Peace (University of Manitoba Press, 2018)
- John Burrows and Michael Coyle, eds., The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties (University of Toronto Press, 2017)
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