“What better place to begin to seek the Truth than your own local community”.
Elder Peter Schuler, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
We are all Treaty people
The Debwewin Project
‘Debwewin’ refers to one of the Anishinabek seven grandfathers teaching for “truth.” This project will raise questions about Oakville’s Truth, using many methods to educate through videos, cultural mapping, art, story-telling, place-making amongst others. (Note: Place-making is an approach that asks people to collectively reimagine and reshape public space to maximize its shared value.) Learn more about the project and our next steps.
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treaty truths
Advisory Council Videos
Angela Bellegarde
MBA
Dr. Karine Duhamel
Kim Fullerton, LLB
Following tradition
Grandfather Teachings
The Seven Sacred Teachings, also known as the Seven Grandfather Teachings, is a set of teachings on human conduct towards others.
The Debwewin Project will be guided by the Seven Grandfather Teachings that set out the following values and principles:
While we make a commitment to the 7 grandfather teachings, the importance of Debwewin – Truth is why this project was started. This project will raise questions about Oakville’s truth such as: “What happened to the local Treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation?”
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