Item - 2019.RM1.3
Tracking Status
- City Council considered this item on December 4, 5 and 13, 2018 and received the item for information. No further action will be taken on this item.
RM1.3 - Indigenous Acknowledgement
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Received
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Clerk Ulli Watkiss gratefully acknowledged that the land City Council was meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. Ms. Watkiss also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Bob Goulais, Indigenous Leader and Knowledge Keeper addressed City Council and offered a special blessing and song for City Council.