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  • TERMS & CONCEPTS
    • What is settler colonialism?
    • What about racism and forms of racism?
    • What is an "ally"?
    • What does "settler" mean?
    • What is White privilege? White fragility?
    • Does reverse racism exist? What about being "colour blind"?
    • What is decolonization?
    • What is meant by Indigenous sovereignty?
    • Have a question about other terms?
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    • Terminology
    • Urban Indigenous Peoples-Winnipeg focus
    • First Nations Communities in Manitoba
    • The Inuit
    • Two-Spirit
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Treaties

Text of Treaty No. 1
Winnipeg is in Treaty 1 territory.

The Numbered Treaties - Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba Inc. [map]
Map showing First Nations communities and Treaty territories. There is also a short explanation of each of the treaties.

The Gift of Treaties - Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
[below] Our Treaty Relatives - Sylvia McAdam
This video was produced for the First Nations University of Canada.
"The Evolving Law on Aboriginal Treaty Rights" in Chapter 5 Aboriginal & Treaty Rights - Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba

[audio ] Fragile Freedoms - First Nations and Human Rights - John Borrows on CBC Radio's "Ideas"
2014. "John Borrows is an Anishinabe scholar and expert in Indigenous law. He presents a lecture on the connections between First Nations and human rights. It's from a series called Fragile Freedoms: the Global Struggle Human Rights presented at the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg."

Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba

Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Centre of Manitoba Inc.
[website down at May, 2015] Entry from CONTACT-Manitoba's Community Services Directory. Includes contact information and description of services.

Aboriginal Constitutional Discussions and Treaty Rights, March 1987 - Native Women's Association of Canada
This paper has sections on treaties and treaty rights.

Treaties & Land Claims - 8th Fire, CBC [map]

“Are Treaties Still Relevant?” - Olthuis, Kleer, Townsend law firm blog
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“Maps of Treaty-Making in Canada” - Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

ATRIS (Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Information System) - Government of Canada
"ATRIS is a Web-based information system intended to map out the location of Aboriginal communities and display information pertaining to their potential or established Aboriginal or treaty rights."

Other Treaty Commissions in the Canadian State

Office of the Treaty Commissioner - Saskatchewan

The Treaty Commission of Ontario

BC Treaty Commission
This site is based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba on Treaty 1 Territory and the traditional lands of the Red River Métis. Groundwork for Change is a website only. It is not an organization.  You can read a copy of the original intention and vision for the site here.  Visit ABOUT THIS SITE to find out more about the site and its goals.  All work on the site is done with volunteer labour. ​