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The Office of the Ogichidaa condemns the actions and language demonstrated by Golden Rapture Mining in respect of the Leadership of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3. When any resource development agency enters into Treaty #3 Territory, they are subject to the laws and protocols of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3. Internally and externally, […]

With the arrival of winter weather and ensuing shift from fieldwork, the Territorial Planning Unit has been hard at work developing innovative strategies to improve aquatic invasive species prevention efforts in the territory come spring. Grand Council Treaty #3 is pleased to announce the launch of new watercraft decontamination stations to be implemented in Treaty […]

After collecting 78 samples from 38 waterbodies in Treaty #3 territory, the Territorial Planning Unit (TPU) can confirm that the first presence of Zebra Mussel veligers (larvae) has been detected on the Treaty #3 side (Canadian side) of Rainy Lake. A single Zebra Mussel veliger was confirmed present in a sample collected at the Government […]

December marked the final stage of an education and awareness campaign for Treaty #3 that will see sixteen commissioned highway signs being raised across the territory. Two distinct designs were developed that each serve to provide education and understanding to those passing through Treaty #3, and highlight the responsibility to acknowledge and respect the sacredness […]

Zhaagimaa Waabo, the Territorial Planning Unit (TPU) of Grand Council Treaty #3, in partnership with the Treaty #3 Women’s Council, Decolonizing Water, and author Fawn Wapioke, are proud to share the Treaty #3 Nibi Curriculum, a new resource for water education and understanding our living connection and relationship to water stemming from the Treaty #3 […]

Over the past several weeks there has been media speculation as to the proceedings of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s Adaptive Phased Management project and the development of a Deep Geological Repository in the Treaty #3 Territory. In relation to any project in the jurisdiction of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3, Manito Aki Inakonigaawin […]