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September 30 is Orange Shirt Day – a day to commemorate the residential school experience that was inflicted upon indigenous peoples across Canada. Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and Grand Council Treaty #3 encourage everyone to wear orange in memory of this legacy and to take the opportunity to discuss, learn, educate, and reflect upon the effects […]

Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and Grand Council Treaty #3 would like to congratulate Chief Waylon Scott and the council of Wabaseemoong Independent Nations (WIN) on the newly signed Relationship Agreement: Comprehensive Response to Mercury and Human Health in Wabaseemoong Independent Nations with the Federal Government. The Relationship Agreement lays forward a plan to address the comprehensive […]

Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and Grand Council Treaty #3 express outrage at the news of the reduction of charges laid against Brayden Bushby in the killing of Barbara Kentner. A member of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, Kentner was walking on the street late when evening with her sister when she was struck by a trailer hitch […]

Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and Grand Council Treaty #3 feel honoured to announce the creation of an LGBTQ2S Council as an integral part of the governance structure of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3. The Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 is governed by its Four Directional Model. As part of this model, the Chiefs-In-Assembly and the […]

Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and Grand Council Treaty #3 congratulates Chief Darlene Comegan on her re-election to a second term in Northwest Angle #33 this past Wednesday. “Chief Comegan has been an invaluable participant in many Treaty #3 meetings and initiatives,” said Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh. “The unique challenges facing her community have been brought to the […]

This morning Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh delivered a cheque for $12,000 to the Kenora Fellowship Center. The sum was raised earlier this summer when Ogichidaa Kavanaugh shaved his head as part of a fundraising campaign. The sum exceeded the original goal of $10,000. The Kenora Fellowship Center is an indigenous led ministry that has a mission […]