'I think many Canadians don't understand just the inherent violence of doing that to individuals who have existed in all cases for centuries together,' Patty Hajdu said.
THUNDER BAY – Members of Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek celebrated the signing of the Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek Treaty Reserve claim agreement on Saturday at Chippewa Park.
“We worked so hard to get to where we are today. This means that our community can start healing and start the next journey as we move forward to our new reserve called the Lake Nipigon Reserve.“We have to start identifying potential land within our traditional territory. And once we negotiate on that, we will be granted land and it will become reserve status.”
“It makes me feel that I'm doing a good job when we have our youth involved and they're understanding of where we were and where we're at today. It makes me so proud that we have our young people that admire all the work that we've done and acknowledge that,” Metansinine said.“It’s a huge milestone and we finally accomplished what we always wanted to do – to bring our people home and to get a reserve that was rightfully ours.
“Today was a celebration of the signing of an agreement that recognizes Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek’s claim to loss of land and the use of that land through dispossession many, many years ago.
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