Indigenous leaders from Canada met with King Charles, where they talked about reconciliation and the need to build a strong relationship
As prince of Wales, King Charles spoke often of the importance of reconciliation with Indigenous people, which was one of the priorities of his three-day visit to Canada last year. In a closing speech in Yellowknife, the King said he had been “deeply moved” by the stories of residential school survivors he’d met, and publicly acknowledged their suffering..
“The challenges around the colonial history and a lot of the associated issues with that, I don’t think that the King has thought that those aren’t going to be on the table,” he said. “But certainly we will have to proceed as best we can in light of the real limitations that all of us have in doing things for our respective institutions.”
Other Indigenous leaders have also travelled to London for the coronation events, including several grand chiefs from Manitoba. He said the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous people dates back to the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which viewed the association as a nation-to-nation one. However, he said that changed over time as Indigenous people started to be treated as “wards” rather than partners, resulting in poverty, marginalization and broken treaty promises.
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