Clean North acknowledges that we are in Robinson-Huron Treaty Territory and gather in Bawating, in the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg and Métis peoples.
We also acknowledge:
- Anishinaabeg First Nations of Batchewana and Garden River
- Sault Ste. Marie Indian Friendship Centre
- Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council
- Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig (Shingwauk University)
- Shingwauk Anishinaabe Students Association
- Anishinaabe Peoples’ Council
- Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
- Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association
- Algoma University Anishinaabe Alumni
- Sault College Indigenous Student Council
- Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services
- Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services
- Bawating Water Protectors
We warmly welcome the opportunity to meet with one or more nearby First Nations or local Indigenous organizations to discuss projects of mutual interest.
In addition, we encourage all non-Indigenous people to learn more about the culture and ways of our Indigenous friends and neighbours and the mission and needs of local Indigenous organizations.
Clean North is committed to truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples because that is just and right. They deserve our respect and gratitude for being keepers of the land, water, and air for millennia. We call on the governments of Canada and Ontario to:
1. Fulfill all treaty obligations immediately
2. Act on all Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations regarding the legacy of residential schools
3. Address the complex issues related to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and the disproportionate violence affecting Indigenous people of all genders in Canada