At the mouth of the river.
In Anishinaabemowin, that is what Sagkeeng means. It is what the people of Sagkeeng First Nation have called their homeland, located on the lush banks of the powerful Winnipeg River, since time immemorial.
The Canadian government would rename that land the Fort Alexander Indian Reserve, as federal agents carved new territorial boundaries out of the countryside in the aftermath of the signing of Treaty 1.
But in the language of the people who call it home, it has always been Sagkeeng.
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Winnipeg River in Powerview and Sagkeeng.
Ever since Sagkeeng Chief Kakakepenaise signed Treaty 1 at Lower Fort Garry in 1871, band members have gathered for an annual celebration known as Treaty Days during the last week of July.
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Theodore Fontaine, 79, shined light on dark legacy of residential school system
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Fontaine and Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger became, in the duo’s words, ‘best friends’ during nationwide speaking tours together on the trauma they experienced in youth.
In 1990, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs leader Phil Fontaine shocked Canada, by speaking publicly about the physical and sexual abuse he endured during his time in the residential school system.
In 1990, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs leader Phil Fontaine shocked Canada, by speaking publicly about the physical and sexual abuse he endured during his time in the residential school system.
He talked about how he was not alone ( If there were 20 boys, every single one of them… would have experienced what I experienced ) and how this abuse led to cycles of pain and violence throughout generations of Indigenous families.
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