Ian Lafrenière said a land acknowledgment by the Montreal Canadiens that refers to unceded territory of the Mohawk Nation may be a mistake
The scoreboard shows a message to accompany the Indigenous land acknowledgment before the Montreal Canadiens and San Jose Sharks hockey game in Montreal on Oct. 19.A Montreal Canadiens land acknowledgment that refers to unceded territory of the Mohawk Nation may be a mistake, according to Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière.
Speaking to reporters at the provincial legislature, Lafrenière said that referring to a specific nation may be a mistake.“It’s important to recognize that the First Nations were here before us and that we now live together, but we’re getting into a debate between historians who don’t agree with each other, I think it might be a mistake,” he told reporters at the provincial legislature Wednesday.
“In many place in Quebec, there’s currently no agreement, on a historical level, about who has claim to the territory or who was there first, but one thing is clear, the First Nations and Inuit were here first and we have recognized this many times,” he said, adding that the majority of places in Quebec are claimed by multiple Indigenous communities.
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