Treaty 3

Treaty 3 is a treaty mentioned in Anishinabek News.

In Anishinabek News

• November 2013: Communities within Treaty 3 are eligible for business funding through the Nishinawbe Aski Development Fund.
• January 2014: Robin Greene, an influential teacher mentioned by Deb McGregor, was from this treaty area.
• September 2014: The Supreme Court of Canada did not rule on whether Ontario had met its specific responsibilities under Treaty 3 regarding logging. The exercise of rights under Treaty 3 has been threatened by industrial activities like flooding and mercury contamination.
• April 2015: The Anishinaabe Water Ceremony took place within this treaty territory in April 2015. The territory includes the area between Grassy Narrows First Nation and Kenora.
• April 2015: The territory of this treaty was selected as the location for the Assembly of First Nations regional election in June 2015.
• March 2016: Two of the youth amplifiers participating in the 2016 meetings with Andrea Horwath were from this treaty area.
• April 2016: A boys team representing this treaty area won the gold medal at the inaugural Ontario Native Volleyball Invitational. The girls team from this region earned a bronze medal after competing against Wikwemikong.
• December 2017: Elder Fred Kelly from this treaty area provided testimony during the Robinson Huron Treaty legal proceedings in 2017.
• May 2018: Teachings gathered from this territory were incorporated into educational books for the Connecting with Our First Family project.
• June 2018: Annuity events for this treaty include the presentation of fishing nets and ammunition in addition to flags.
• May 2019: The girls team from this region won the gold medal at the 2019 Ontario Native Basketball Invitational. The boys team from the region competed in the bronze medal game against the Sudbury Martens.
• September 2019: A community within this treaty area is the site of a ricing case study for a Lakehead University research project.
• November 2019: Mary Zoccole, a participant in the Cradle Board Making Workshop, identified as a citizen from this treaty area.
• October 2020: Elder Freda McDonald was a member of this treaty area.
• January 2022: Seine River First Nation, the home community of Sandi Boucher, is located within this territory.
• February 2022: The SchoolBOX North Lunch Program operates within this treaty area to support Indigenous students. The organization expanded its mission into this territory in 2017 to establish community libraries.
• March 2022: The territory of this treaty includes the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation.
• November 2022: The Lakehead University Indigenous Veterans Day exhibit included photos and artifacts related to veterans from this treaty territory.
• December 2022: The billboard designer Sarah McPherson is a citizen of a First Nation located within this treaty territory.
• May 2023: The Anishinaabemowin dialect spoken in this territory is closely related to the dialect used near Lake Nipigon.
• May 2023: Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay provides medical services to Indigenous people living within this treaty territory. The territory is one of the regions where the author observed the impacts of colonial health practices.
• June 2023: Leaders planned to consult with representatives of this treaty area regarding the development of an Indigenous hospital.
• June 2023: The territory of Northwest Angle 33 First Nation is located within this treaty area.
• November 2023: The agreement contains education clauses that Leo Baskatawang argues represent a sovereign right. The oral and written traditions of this agreement confirm that education is a relational and treaty-based right. The book provides a practical framework for how the people of this treaty area and the government can implement Indigenous education law.
• March 2024: Following the signing of this treaty in 1873, a new treaty medal was minted featuring a handshake imagery. The treaty is one of the specific Numbered Treaties that covers territory in Ontario.
• May 2024: The proposed nuclear waste site near Ignace is located within this territory.
• November 2024: Traditional belt-making workshops have been hosted throughout various communities within this treaty area.
• January 2025: The territory includes the communities of Naotkamegwanning and Grassy Narrows.
• March 2025: Elder James Mishquart noted that the song Looking for the Good Life originated from around the Treaty #3 area.
• March 2025: A travelling exhibit featuring reproductions of the original treaty documents and adhesions is touring Northwestern Ontario as of 2025. The agreement was signed 150 years prior to the 2023 commemoration at Northwest Angle. The treaty documents were brought to the area for four events in the treaty territory to educate the public.
• March 2025: The Anishinabek Nation listed this as an agreement involving its member communities. The organization stated that treaties in its territory outline an agreement for sharing land and resources rather than a surrender of territory.
• May 2025: Michelle Derosier is a citizen of a First Nation within this treaty area.
• October 2025: The article identifies drummer Orville Councillor as a citizen from this treaty area.
• February 2026: The community of Naongashing is located within this treaty territory. A student from this area compared its Medicine Wheel teachings to those shared by Beatrice Twance-Hynes in 2026.
• June 2026: Roland Fisher called for all nations within this treaty to stand together against nuclear waste coming to northwestern Ontario.
• July 2026: The proposed nuclear waste dump in Northwestern Ontario is located within this treaty territory. The Anishinabek Nation argued that treaty rights in this area are being routinely ignored by the Government of Canada.
• August 2026: A song performed by Ron Kanutski on the hand drum is said by some to have originated from this treaty area.