QUESTION PERIOD — Crown-Indigenous Relations
Chief Peguis
May 12, 2022
Hon. Marilou McPhedran
Honourable senators, it is Manitoba Day. It has been mentioned already, and I have a question to Senator Gold.
Could you explain to us, please, the significance of Chief Peguis for Manitoba?
Hon. Marc Gold (Government Representative in the Senate)
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With pleasure. Thank you, senator.
Chief Peguis was one of five chiefs who signed an 1817 treaty with Lord Selkirk. This was the first land treaty signed in Western Canada. The largest First Nation in Manitoba is the Peguis First Nation, named in honour of Chief Peguis. This is the same community, unfortunately, currently facing the crisis of flooding in Manitoba, which was referred to in Senator Wells’ question.
