By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 Grand Chiefs and council members from Anishinabe Algonquin communities joined the federal minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations in Ottawa recently to sign an agreement on a dedicated space for them on Parliament Hill. Those nations\u2019 representatives joined Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Gary Anandasangaree in signing what the government called a \u201clandmark\u201d agreement for the construction of a dedicated Algonquin space as part of Canada\u2019s commitment to establish a national space for Indigenous peoples on Parliament Hill. Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council Grand Chief Savanna McGregor said the move \u2013 which will give her people their own space in Canada\u2019s federal-government buildings \u2013 \u201cmeans everything.\u201d \u201cFor our Anishinabe Algonquin Nation members to see us acquire our own space in the heart of our territory means everything,\u201d she… <\/p>\n
By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 Grand Chiefs and council members from Anishinabe Algonquin communities joined the federal minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations in Ottawa recently to sign an agreement on a dedicated space for them on Parliament Hill. Those nations\u2019 representatives joined Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Gary Anandasangaree in signing what the government called a \u201clandmark\u201d agreement for the construction of a dedicated Algonquin space as part of Canada\u2019s commitment to establish a national space for Indigenous peoples on Parliament Hill. Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council Grand Chief Savanna McGregor said the move \u2013 which will give her people their own space in Canada\u2019s federal-government buildings \u2013 \u201cmeans everything.\u201d \u201cFor our Anishinabe Algonquin Nation members to see us acquire our own space in the heart of our territory means everything,\u201d she... <\/p>\n