Learning from History: Teaching the Treaties to High School Students
All people living collectively in Canada are “treaty people,” meaning that we all have rights and responsibilities for this land we call home.
All people living collectively in Canada are “treaty people,” meaning that we all have rights and responsibilities for this land we call home.
In 1923, three parcels of land in southern Ontario were the subject of a legal process that defined how they could be used and who would control them.
Treaties are agreements between Indigenous nations and the government. They provide a potential framework for co-existence on the land that is now called Canada.