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Kenora, ON – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty #3, issued the following statement: “Last week I was deeply disturbed to learn that the Ford government was immediately scrapping the updated health and sexual education curriculum implemented by its predecessor in 2015, and reverting to a curriculum that is over 20 years old. Today’s […]

Dryden, ON – Grand Council Treaty #3 is please to announce the opening of the Kaakewaaseya Justice Office in Dryden, Ontario.  This was accomplished through partnership with the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Collaboratively, we have worked towards the goal of providing and improving the delivery of justice services to […]

Kenora, ON – The Ministry of Education’s unilateral decision to cancel the curriculum revisions on Indigenous content and Indigenous languages – despite its previous commitment to implementing recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) – is a significant step backwards and hinders the momentum of true reconciliation. The ability to collaborate on the inclusion […]

Kenora, ON – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty 3, delivered the following statement: “Congratulations to Premier Doug Ford and the incoming members of the Ontario Executive Council. We look forward to building a positive relationship with Premier Ford, and to continuing to develop the nation-to-nation relationship initiated under the previous government. “I […]

Grand Council Treaty #3 and Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh offer congratulations to Roseanne Archibald the first woman and newly elected Ontario Regional Chief at the 44th Annual All Ontario Chiefs Conference in Nipissing First Nation.

As the Spring Assembly at Obashkaandagaang First Nation, the Treaty#3 leadership directed that a Treaty#3 Drug Task Force be formed to undertake the Treaty#3 Drug Strategy.  On Thursday June 14, 2018 the first meeting of the Task Force was held at the Minis Hall, Super 8 Kenora with representation from across the Anishinaabe Nation in […]