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Land Acknowledgement
La Troupe du Jour acknowledges that it has been granted the privilege of working on Treaty 6 territory, land of the Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree), Nahkawininiwak (Saulteaux), Dakota and Lakota (Sioux), Nakota (Assiniboine), Denesuline (Dene/Chipewyan), and homeland of the Métis.
As first inhabitants of Treaty 6 territory, they have the right to be treated with respect and dignity. We support their right to sovereignty, equality, safety, access to high quality and culturally sensitive healthcare, education, family services, justice, and to never again have essentials like food, clean drinking water, and basic human rights and freedoms withheld from them.
We are grateful to be able to benefit from the knowledge they have accumulated over millennia: their wisdom, talents, contributions, successes, and the beauty of their cultures. We vow to be good stewards of these lands, and to participate in reconciliation efforts however we can.
For more information about Treaty 6, truth, reconciliation and Indigenous rights, etc. click on the following links.
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada – Treaty 6 Texts
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100028710/1581292569426
Office of the Treaty Commissioner
https://www.otc.ca
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
https://social.desa.un.org/issues/indigenous-peoples/united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
https://nctr.ca/records/reports/
U of S Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia
https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/
U of S Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia – Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan
https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/indigenous_peoplesof_saskatchewan.php
