Delegates gather for the Find Our Wampum All White conference – Anishinabek News

May 9, 2025

Between 1840 and 1904, First Nations in Southwestern Ontario held Grand Councils, a gathering of Chiefs, interpreters, and Knowledge Keepers mandated to discuss current events affecting their communities. Anishinabek and Haudenosaunee people assembled to read wampum, condole, and strategize on the best ways to deal with colonial impacts while maintaining peaceful and productive relationships among themselves.

The Grand Council of 1858 followed this time-honoured structure, but was also unique in that its subject matter was weighty to the point of existential, and the Crown purposely ignored the meeting itself.

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