Opening Ceremonies + land Acknowledgement

Mark National Indigenous Peoples Day with this Opening Ceremonies and Land Acknowledgement video. Del introduces the significance of NIPD and what participants can expect, followed by land acknowledgements in English and French. Indigenous interpreters share personal reflections on the day’s meaning, then a special feature from a kindergarten class performing a traditional Ojibwe water song.

Huronia Historical Parks would like to acknowledge that we are located on lands which are the traditional and Treaty territory of the Anishinabek people, now known as the Chippewa Tri-Council comprised of Beausoleil First Nation, Rama First Nation, and Georgina Island First Nation.

We also recognize that we are located on land which was once the traditional territory of the Wendat and that our community is the traditional homeland of the Métis Nation and to a large and diverse community of Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous people continue to care for this land and shape the Ontario, Canada and North America of today. Hundreds of years after the first treaties were signed, they are still relevant today.

We acknowledge that many Indigenous Nations have long-standing relationships, both historic and modern, with the territories upon which these historical sites are located, and that these relationships precede their establishment.

May we never forget these legacies, and may we learn well the lessons their descendants have to teach us about living on this Earth.