OTTAWA — Algonquin leaders and the federal government have signed an agreement committing to a new space for Algonquin Peoples in Ottawa's parliamentary precinct, five years after the former grand chief staged a hunger and hydration strike in protest
OTTAWA — Algonquin leaders and the federal government have signed an agreement committing to a new space for Algonquin Peoples in Ottawa's parliamentary precinct, five years after the former grand chief staged a hunger and hydration strike in protest.
She, and others who supported the cause, argued that as the building — and Ottawa at large — sits on top of her nation's unceded traditional territory, it only made sense they be included. The new building will be located in a prominent spot along Wellington Street, directly in front of Centre Block, and beside the current Indigenous Peoples building.
Current grand chief Savanna McGregor said the agreement is an act toward reconciliation, and that the space will be one future generations can be proud of.Gary Anandasangaree, the minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, said it's a concrete example of land back, or the returning of land to Indigenous Peoples.
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