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Presented by Janell Henry
February 2020
Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord
Our Shared Future Rooted in Truth, Harmony, and Generosity
Our Vision Our Commitments Our Principles
*Developed by children gathered in harmony to visualize a future The City of Winnipeg is committed to building an ongoing The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada believes that in order for
of Winnipeg process of reconciliation in Winnipeg, a process that is based Canada to flourish in the twenty first century, reconciliation between Indigenous
on the establishment and maintenance of mutually respectful and non-Indigenous Canada must be based on the following principles:
“The city of Winnipeg is a place where everyone has a voice, a place where
partnerships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governments, 1. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the
people and the environment come first, where everyone has fair access.
organizations, and individuals. framework for reconciliation at all levels and across all sectors of Canadian society.
Everyone should be treated with respect and acceptance and kindness.
Everyone should treat everyone kindly and equally and accept them for The City of Winnipeg is committed to embracing a respectful 2. First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, as the original peoples of this country
who they are because when you feel like you belong, you achieve freedom. relationship with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples in and as self-determining peoples, have Treaty, constitutional, and human rights
United as one, and hopeful, we can work toward a peaceful and safe city. Winnipeg and committed to a purposeful and influential that must be recognized and respected.
Be a leader that thinks for yourself and speaks up for change.”* leadership role to engage new partners to join us in the
3. Reconciliation is a process of healing of relationships that requires public truth
collective process of reconciliation in Winnipeg.
The name Winnipeg has its origins in the Cree name given to Lake Winnipeg sharing, apology, and commemoration that acknowledge and redress past harms.
“Win”-muddy, “nippe”-water. Winnipeg is located within Treaty No. 1 The City of Winnipeg is committed to a reconciliation process 4. Reconciliation requires constructive action on addressing the ongoing legacies of
Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), guided by the knowledge and experiences of First Nations, colonialism that have had destructive impacts on Indigenous peoples’ education,
Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and Métis, and Inuit Peoples and will include distinct cultural cultures and languages, health, child welfare, the administration of justice, and
the Heart of the Métis Nation Homeland. People from around the world traditions, protocols, ceremonies, and languages as an economic opportunities and prosperity.
have come to call Winnipeg home and our community prides itself in its expression of their identity and nationhood.
5. Reconciliation must create a more equitable and inclusive society by closing the
cultural diversity. As the original inhabitants of this land and as inhabitants of The City of Winnipeg is committed to engaging multiple sectors, gaps in social, health, and economic outcomes that exist between Indigenous and
this land by birth or adoption, we all share the goal to make our city a better organizations, groups, and individuals across Winnipeg to build non-Indigenous Canadians.
place to live based on mutual respect, equal opportunity, and hope. new initiatives, partnerships, and advance reconciliation efforts
6. All Canadians, as Treaty peoples, share responsibility for establishing and
This place has been host to many for thousands of years and present day is with Indigenous Peoples, guided by the 94 Calls to Action of the
maintaining mutually respectful relationships.
home to Inuit from northern territory and Indigenous peoples from other Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
territories arriving from all directions by land, air, and water. The spirit of 7. The perspectives and understandings of Indigenous Elders and Traditional
The City of Winnipeg is committed to participating in acts Knowledge Keepers of the ethics, concepts, and practices of reconciliation are
this legacy is manifest in present day by the observance of greetings and of reconciliation and celebration across the city such that it
friendship extended to all Indigenous peoples who newly arrive in Winnipeg. vital to long-term reconciliation.
initiates and experiences a positive change in the culture of
relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people 8. Supporting Indigenous peoples’ cultural revitalization and integrating Indigenous
What does reconciliation mean? It is a question of basic human dignity.
in Winnipeg. knowledge systems, oral histories, laws, protocols, and connections to the land
It’s the right of every person from every background to be treated with
into the reconciliation process are essential.
kindness, decency, and respect, and this benefits all of us. It also means The City of Winnipeg and partners of Winnipeg’s Indigenous
renewing that story of partnership and peace that the treaties began to tell. 9. Reconciliation requires political will, joint leadership, trust building,
Accord are committed to collaborating to formulate and execute
We are all working towards the same goal - to build happy, resilient, strong, accountability, and transparency, as well as a substantial investment of resources.
action plans observing the commitments, shared values, and
and prosperous families. When we recover the true Canadian story of peace principles as expressed in this Accord for the establishment 10. Reconciliation requires sustained public education and dialogue, including youth
and partnership and inclusion, our highest ideals we cherish, and maintenance of mutually respectful partnerships with First engagement, about the history and legacy of residential schools, Treaties, and
we will improve our chances of success. Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. Indigenous rights, as well as the historical and contemporary contributions of
Indigenous peoples to Canadian society.
As long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and rivers flow,
Brian Bowman Doug McNeil
Mayor Chief Administrative Officer
City of Winnipeg City of WinnipegGoal Goal Goal Goal
Goal #1: Goal #2: Goal #3: Seek Goal #4:
Translate the Review the funding for Participate in
core of our Trans Canada programs a process
public facing Trail with an that create that will
website into Indigenous capacity for review the
at least 2 lens, Indigenous- branding
Healing Trails local
Indigenous
especially
focused on
led
approaches
naming of
trails in the
languages language to Trail context of
building. reconciliation
and
Indigenous
ownership
and agency.Guidebook
Review of Programming
Movement &
Transportation
Indigenous
Trail CrewBuilding blocks to good programming
Quality Leisure Services
or Programs
Intuitive Aspects & Experience
Scientific Aspects:
Planning, Marketing, Leadership, Promotions, Evaluation
Philosophical Orientation•West •North
Fall, Adult, Red,
Winter, Elder,
Cedar, Physical,
White,
*bear, buffalo,
Sweetgrass,
*water,
Mind, Wind, air,
sometimes
bear or dear
earth
Summer, Youth, Spring,
Black, Sage, Birth/infant,
Emotion *Wolf, Yellow, Tabacco,
Coyote, Spirit, Eagle,
Deer,*Earth, Fire
sometimes
•South water
•EastTRC Calls to Action
7. We call upon the federal government to develop with 19. We call upon the federal government, in consultation with Aboriginal peoples, to
Aboriginal groups a joint strategy to eliminate educational and establish measurable goals to identify and close the gaps in health outcomes
employment gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal xommunities, and to publish annual
Canadians.
progress reports and assess long-term trends. Such efforts would focus on indicators
14. We call upon the federal government to enact an aboriginal such as: Infant mortality, maternal health, suicide, mental health, addictions, life
languages act that incorporates the following principles: expectancy, birth rates, illness and injury incidence, and the availability of
i. Aboriginal languages are a fundamental and valued appropriate health services.
element of Canadian culture and society, and there is an
urgency to preserve them. 21. We call upon the federal government to provide sustainable funding for existing
and new Aboriginal healing centres to address the physical, mental, emotional and
ii. Aboriginal language rights are reinforced by the treaties spiritual harms caused by the residential schools, and to ensure that the funding of
iii. The federal government has a responsibility to provide healing centres in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories is a priority.
sufficient funds for Aboriginal-language revitalization and
preservation 44. We call upon the Government of Canada to develop a national action plan,
strategies, and other concrete measures to achieve the goals of the United Nations
iv. The preservation, revitalization and streghtening of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Aboriginal languages and cultures are best managed by
Aboriginal communities. 45.
v. Funding for Aboriginal language initiatives must reflect the ii) Adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
diversity of Aboriginal Languages
Peoples as the framework for reconciliation.
18. We call upon the federal government, provincial, territorial
and aboriginal governments to acknowledge that the current 47. We call upon the federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to
state of Aboriginal health in Canada is a direct result of previous repudiate concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous peoples
Canadian government policies, including residential schools, and and lands, such as the Doctrine of Discovery and terra nullius, and to reform those
to recognize and implement the health-care rights of Aboriginal laws, government policies, and litigation strategies that continues to rely on such
people as identified in international law, constitutional law, and
under the treaties. concepts.66. We call upon the federal government to establish multi-year 80. We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with
funding for community-based youth organizations to deliver Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National
programs on reconciliation, and establish a national network to Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families,
share information and best practices. and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the
history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component
75. We call upon the federal government to work with provincial, of the reconciliation process.
territorial, and municipal governments, churches, Aboriginal
communities, former residential school students, and current 81. We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with
landowners to develop and implement strategies and procedures for Survivors and their organizations, and other parties to the
the ongoing identification, documentation, maintenance, Settlement Agreement, to commission and install a publicly
commemoration, and protection of residential school cemetaries or accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools National Monument in
other sites at which residential school children were buried. This is to the city of Ottawa to honour Survivors and all the children who were
include the provision of appropriate memorial ceremonies and lost to their families and communities.
commemorative markers to honour the deceased children.
82. We call upon provincial and territorial governments, in
79. We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with collaboration with Survivors and their organizations, and other
Survivors, Aboriginal Organizations, and the arts community, to parties to the Settlement Agreement, to commission and install a
develop a reconciliation framework for Canadian Heritage and publicly accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools Monument in
commemoration. each capital city to honour Survivors and all the children who were
lost to their families and communities.
i. Amending the Historic Sites and Monuments Act to include
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis representation on the Historic 83. We call upon the Canada Council for the Arts to establish, as a
Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and its Secretariat. funding priority, a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists
to undertake collaborative projects and produce works that
ii. Revising the policies, criteria, and practices of the National contribute to the reconciliation process.
Program of Historical Commemoration to integrate Indigenous
history, heritage values, and memory practices into Canada’s
national heritage and history.
iii. Developing and implementing a national heritage plan and
strategy for commemorating residential school sites, the
history and legacy of residential schools, and the contributions
of Aboriginal peoples to Canada’s history.89. We call upon the federal government to amend the Physical 92. We call upon the corporate sector in Canada to adopt the
Activity and Sport Act to support reconciliation by ensuring that United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigineous Peoples
policies to promote physical activity as a fundamental element as a reconciliation framework and to apply its principles, norms,
of health and well-being, reduce barriers to sports participation, and standards to corporate policy and core operational activities
increase the pursuit of excellence in sport, and build capacity in involving Indigenous peoples’ and their lands and resources.
the Canadian sport system, are inclusive of Aboriginal peoples. This would include but not be limited to, the following:
90. We call upon the federal government to ensure that national ii)Ensure that aboriginal peoples have equitable access to jobs,
sports policies, programs, and initiatives are inclusive of training and education opportunities in the corporate sector,
Aboriginal peoples, including, but not limited to, establishing: and that Aboriginal communities gain long-term sustainable
benefits from economic development projects.
i. i. In collaboration with provincial and territorial
governments, stable funding for, and access to,
community sports programs that reflect the diverse
cultures and traditional sporting activities of Aboriginal
peoples.
ii. An elite athlete development program for Aboriginal
athletes. iii. Programs for coaches, trainers, and sports
officials that are culturally relevant for Aboriginal
peoples. iv. Anti-racism awareness and training
programs.United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Article 15 1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the dignity and diversity of their cultures, traditions, histories and aspirations which shall be appropriately
reflected in education and public information. 2. States shall take effective measures, in consultation and cooperation with the indigenous peoples concerned,
to combat prejudice and eliminate discrimination and to promote tolerance, understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other
segments of society.
• Article 18 Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by
themselves in accordance with their own procedures, as well as to maintain and develop their own indigenous decisionvmaking institution.
• Article 23 Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for exercising their right to development. In particular,
indigenous peoples have the right to be actively involved in developing and determining health, housing and other economic and social programmes affecting
them and, as far as possible, to administer such programmes through their own institutions.
• Article 26 1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or
acquired. 2. Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional
ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired. 3. States shall give legal recognition and protection to
these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the
indigenous peoples concerned.
• Article 31 1. Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural
expressions, as well as the manifestations of their sciences, technologies and cultures, including human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge
of the properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures, designs, sports and traditional games and visual and performing arts. They also have the right
to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over such cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions. 12
2. In conjunction with indigenous peoples, States shall take effective measures to recognize and protect the exercise of these rights.
• Article 32 1. Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for the development or use of their lands or territories and
other resources. 2. States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in
order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in
connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.English Cree Ojibwe
Welcome Tawów Gidanamikaagoo
Winnipeg Trails Association Winnipeg Méskanása ká Wiinibiig Miikana
nákacitácik Wiijichigewin
Healing Trails Natawéskanása Giige Miikanawan
Who we are Awiniwak nínanán Aweneniwiyaang
What we do Tánisi étótamák Endoodamaang
ModeShift Itáskipicikan Meshkwajiiwin
Projects Mámawatoskéwina Enokaadegin
Events Nócicikéwina Ezhichigewinan
Bike Week Titipiyépiskanispánikisikawa Ditibiwebishkigan
Niizhwaasogon
International Trails day Misiwéskamik Méskanása kísik Miziwekamig Miikana
Giizhigad
The Plain Bicycle Project Titipiyépiskikan Michi-ditibiwebishkigan
mámawinócitáwin Enokaadeg
Plain Bicycle Titipiyépiskikan Michi-ditibiwebishkiganWrite to Move Masinaya ta isi makamikisiyan Ozhibii’igen Ji-mamaajiiwin
Activities Waskawéwi nócitáwina Ayizhichigeng
Donate Pakitiniké Miigiwen
Mission Nócitáwin Noojichigaadeg
Vision Itápatamowin Enaabishiniwin
Languages Isi pikiskwéwina Inwewinan
Choose a language Otina pikiskéwina Gagiiginan Inwewin
Anishinaabemowin Nakawéwin Ojibwe Language
Michif Páki pakwáwisímowin Wiisaakode Inwewin
Dakota Pwátak Bwaanimowin
Modes (of Transport) Ési (pimakamikisinániwak) Ezhi-bimishkaang
Cycling Titipiwépiskikéwin Ditibiwebishkigewin
Mountain Biking Asiníwacík titipiwépiskikéwin Wajiw Ditibiwebishkigewin
Fat Biking Máki titipwépiskikéwin Wiinino Ditibiwebishkigewin
Bike Touring Papámi wápatamowin Babaa-ditibiwebishkigeng
Cargo Bikes Papámatáswi titipiyépiskikan Aawadaaso
Ditibiwebishkiganag
Walking Pimotéwin Bimosewin
Wheelchair Pimotayisowin Aakoziiwidaabaan
Dog Walking Wítastiméwin Bimosewindwaa Animoshag
Canoeing Pimiskáwin Jiimewin
Skateboarding Méskanáwi pimátawiwin Zhooshkwaji’iwewin
Skiing Sóskwanátahiwinatikwawin Zhooshkwaadaatigwe
Skating Pimatawiwin Zhooshkwaada’ewinElectric Bikes Pinésiwi iskotéwi Waasigani Ditibiwebishkigan
titipiyépiskikan
Transit Pimipaniwin Bimiwizhiwewin
Policy and Design Kici Okimáwi wanasowéwin Onashowewin zhigwa
éko ké isinákok Ozhichigewin
Advocacy Natotéstamákéw Giigitootamaagewin
Volunteer Pakitinisistamakowisiw Diba’igesiing Anokiiwin
Get Involved Atoskéwi wícihiwéwin Wiiji’iwen
Academic Research and Data Kiskénitamowi natonikéwin Gikina’amaagewin
Collection éko Masinahikana Ozhibii’igewin zhigwa
Kinawénitamowin Zagakibii’igewin
Infrastructure Usage Audits Apacitawina ké itapataki Aabadakin Gegoon
wanakitamowin Zagakibii’igewinan
Project Management and Mámawatoskéwin Niigaaniing Izhichigewinan
Implementation paminikéwin éko mácitáwin zhigwa Onachigeng
Writing, Communications Masinahikéwin, Ayamihitowin Ozhibii’igeng,
and Media Relations éko Itatácimowina itákótowina Wiindamaagewin
Dibaajimotaagewin
Workshops and Conference Mámawitácimona éko Gikina’amaading zhigwa
mámawapiwina Maamawiiding
Strategic Planning Kawisk itótamowin Weweni Onachigeng
wanénitamowin
Transportation Infrastructure Pimáwatásowin ké isinákok Bimiwizhiwewin Aabadakin
Design Ozhichigeng
Architecture and Design Ká masinayak ositáwina éko ké Waakaa’igeng zhigwa
isipákok OzhichigengMobile Technology and Sipwé ayamiwina ká takoki éko Bebakaan Waasigani-
Multimedia isi misiwé ácimowina aabajichiganan
Government Relations Okimáwi Wanasowéwin Wiijichigewin Ogimaawinan
ákótowina
Policy Development Okimáwiwin isicikéwin Onashowaadeg Izhichigewin
Job Training and Personal Kiskinahótowin atoskéwin éko Gikina’amaading Anokiiwin
Development níkáni kaskitamásowin zhigwa Maamiino’iding
Celebrations and Public Minawacikéwina éko mámawi Moojigitoowin zhigwa
Events itótamowina Ezhichigewinan
Cultural and Artistic Projects Nistam pimacihona éko Izhitwaawin zhigwa
taspasinayikéwin atoskéwina Mazinichige Anokiiwinan
Community Outreach and Itawinik wichiwéwin éko Babaa-gaganooniding zhigwa
Consultation nánakásoniwéwin Gagiikiding
Trail Maps Méskanása askíwasinahikana Miikanawan Mazinisingin
Trans Canada Trail Trans Canada Méskanaw Miziwe Canada Miikana
The Great Trail Kici Méskanaw Gichi-miikanaMeeting with the Truth and Reconciliation Centre Staff Photo Credit: Brennan Mckay, January 21, 2020
A huge shout out to our funders, partners and staff all involved in the project • The Great Trail • Anders Swanson • The Winnipeg • Adrian Alphonso Foundation • Dan Riehl • Manitoba Trails • Janell Henry • Winnipeg Trails • Brennan Mckay Association
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