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Treaty Relations Coordinator Gwen Muskwa “More recently Chief Moostoos [Mustus] replaced the other Chief. He wore his uniform almost every day, especially when he was on business trips for his fellow Indians. He also wore his uniform when he went to meetings with white people. These old Chiefs were very courageous. They didn’t give up on any issue wherever they could. They took their positions very seriously. Today in my role as Chief it is more or less an honorary position which I am not worthy of. I will criticize my fellow Chiefs and some councilors for not having courage. If we are not compensated, many of us will not move from our reservations. Here and there this type of an attitude makes an ugly scene. Many of us Chiefs are not very courageous as leaders. We cannot keep up with the work load which was previously done by one. There are five of us presently and we do not cover what was done by one in years gone by. Our forefathers had great vision into the future. Everything was given careful consideration. They chose education for their children. They were aware of many things, such as hospitals. Everyone was accounted for and was given proper understanding. Today if we didn’t have Indian organizations, I don’t know what we would have done. I don’t think there would be very many reservations today; the way we, as Chiefs, move at our slow pace. Today, luckily, we Chiefs are being supported by Indian organizations and their field workers, who are striving to do their best. May you strive to do the right thing and work diligently. Perhaps we may regain if we work together and not do things haphazardly.” Frank Cardinal-Sucker Creek FN (68 years old at interview) Treaty 8 Elders Advisory Council It has been a great year with our Elders! We have been able to have three full Treaty 8 Elders Advisory Council meetings with the assistance of our team from Education, Health and Children’s Agenda who helped fund these meeting and being able to host our meeting in our First Nation communities so that we can share the information with local Elders and members. Each host Nation has been wonderful hosts and welcomed the Elders and staff so graciously. Our first meeting was part of the Honouring of Treaty Gathering, July 9-13th, 2012 in Bigstone Cree Nation, the second was held on October 17, 2012 Sturgeon Lake, another on December 5-7th, 2012 in Edmonton and our final meeting on March 18-21st, 2013 in Sucker Creek First Nation. At our Annual General Meeting in Bigstone last July, the Chiefs were to select one Treaty Right to advance for the next fiscal year. The Chiefs chose four Treaty Rights to focus on this year that include: 1) Education 2) Health 3) Mineral Rights and 4) Hunting, Fishing, Trapping and Gathering These have been the focus within our workplan, Elders discussions and working group meetings. Page 10
1497 John Cabot for England 1534 Jacques Cartier for France 1610 First Canadian Treaty with Europeans at Nova Scotia. The Concordat Wampum Belt with the Vatican Canada and the First Nations Historical Timeline Dustin & Rod With National Chief Atleo Bigstone Although the focus has been on those four rights, the Children’s Agenda has also been part of our team and have finalized Children’s Agenda Model from the information from the test implementation sites which included Sucker Creek, Loon River and Bigstone. The focus has changed a bit with more focus from input from the youth and communities to focus on the cultural awareness, traditional parenting and developing our youth councils in our communities so that they may be better prepared to be our future leaders. The Elders passed a resolution in March to support the implementation of the Children’s Agenda Model and want to see it rolled out into the communities. We are using these four rights as the basis and themes in the development of a Treaty 8 Elders book, to highlight our Elders testimony and understanding in each of these areas and to also have a focus on the Elder’s contributions to Treaty 8. This information may be able to assist in the development of the Treaty 8 Historical Outline. We have also developed an outline for the Treaty 8 book that both Treaty Discussion and Education department are working together on. The next step is to find a Treaty 8 writer/author to start writing the book. Our Elders meetings have been very well attended with not only our regular appointed representatives but from other Elders from our 24 communities. They appreciate all the information that is provided in these forums and gives them an opportunity to provide advice and input on all these initiatives. It is hoped that we can seek additional funding to hold full Elders Council meetings as it creates greater awareness at the community level by providing them with these regular updates. Treaties 1—11 Gathering Page 11
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS Message from The Grand Chi
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Page 29 and 30: 1960 Indians win the right to vote
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Page 37 and 38: The Children’s Agenda Team worked
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