Indigenous Treaties feeling threatened once again

By Alexandra Noad, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald Due to colonialism, many Indigenous people have a complicated relationship with Canada Day, but this year it was amplified with the separatist movement. A few weeks ago, chiefs from Treaty 6,7 and 8, gathered in Calgary to hold a rally, during which many of them stated their concern over the lack of respect for the treaties. Indigenous people value the treaties their ancestors signed with the Crown as a sacred promise to their lands and ancestors who wrote them. Despite the treaties being signed over 100 years ago, Samu…