The Friendship Walk
Join us for an immersive experience along the Haldimand Tract. Participate in a FRIENDSHIP WALK, where you will join in a walk to each Social Gathering!
At the SOCIAL GATHERINGS, experience cultural/ knowledge speakers, and celebrate the Haudenosaunee Culture with food, entertainment, dancing and more.
We will be stopping in Fergus, St. Jacobs, Waterloo, Brantford (Alt. Paris), Cayuga and Port Maitland.
All are welcome to attend! We encourage all participates to register!
Fergus
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10 am to 11 am
Start: Fergus Pharmacy (500 Garafraxa St E)
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11 am to 1pm
Fergus social gathering - Victoria Park (150 Albert St W
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1 pm
Bus to Next walk start point
St. Jacobs Walk
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3 pm to 4 pm
Start: Tim Hortons Plaza (585 Weber St N)
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3 pm to 4 pm
Start: St. Jacobs Farmers Market
(878 Weber St N)
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6 pm
Bus back to meeting spot
Waterloo Walk
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10 am to 11 am
Start: Waterloo University
(200 University Ave W)
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11 am to 1pm
Waterloo social gathering
Waterloo Public Square
(75 King St S)
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1 pm
Bus to next walk start point
Brantford
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3 pm to 4 pm
Start: Pauline Johnson Collegiate
(627 Colborne St)
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4 pm to 6 pm
Start: Harmony Square
(89 Dalhousie St)
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6 pm
Bus back to meeting spot
Cayuga Walk
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10 am to 11 am
Start: Cayuga Pavilion
(19 Ouse St S)
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11 am to 1pm
Cayuga social gathering
Cayuga Arena
(55 Thorburn St S)
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1 pm
Bus to next walk start point
Port Maitland Walk
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3 pm to 4 pm
Start: Maitland Shore Resort
(659 Port Maitland Rd)
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4 pm to 6 pm
Port Maitland social gathering
Lighthouse
(949 Port Maitland Rd)
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6 pm
Bus back to meeting spot
Centuries old and six miles deep
Since prehistoric times, Indigenous communities including the Algonquins, Wyandots, Attiwandarons, Nippising petuns, neutrals and others have roamed present day southern Ontario and western Maryland. Before European settlers arrived, there weren't any permanent settlements in these areas which were instead utilized for activities such as fishing, hunting, agriculture and commerce by native inhabitants.
Following the American war of independence, some natives allied themselves with the British and formed the Six Nations. Subsequently they were granted a vast tract of land called the "Haldimand" proclamation. However, white settlers took advantage of naive land deals and violence to usurp most of the Six Nation's original land that totaled close to a million acres . Today only around 46,500 acres remains distributed among four different communities
What is at stake?
The Six Nations of the Grand River Band is suing the governments of Canada and Ontario in a court case that started in 1995. The Band says that under the 1784 Haldimand Proclamation, which it considers a treaty, the British Crown set aside about 950,000 acres of lands along the Grand River in Ontario which the Six Nations of the Grand River and their descendants were to enjoy forever. The Band says that after 1784, the British Crown, and later the governments of Canada and Ontario, failed to set aside these lands, improperly sold most of them to settlers, and mismanaged the proceeds of sales from them. The Band is asking the court to make findings to this effect, and seeking compensation from the governments of Canada and Ontario for these historical wrongs. Canada and Ontario say that these lands were not Six Nations treaty lands or reserve lands, and disagree that they have been at fault in their dealings with the Six Nations that are raised in the action. In 2023, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation was added as an intervenor in the case.
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