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A commitment to truth and reconciliation

Theatre by the Bay stands with the practice of Territory or Land Acknowledgment as a step towards continued reconciliation and recognition of our colonial past. It acknowledges that this is Indigenous land and that Indigenous peoples still have rights to it. It allows us a moment to reflect on our own relationship to the land and the structures of colonialism around us. We encourage the giving a Land Acknowledgement at the beginning of an event, meeting, or performance.

Resources

• The Barrie Native Friendship Centre - Find out more about this incredible local resource, and consider making a donation, if you have the means to do so.
• Barrie Area Native Advisory - A fantastic online hub filled with programs and opportunities for both Indigenous peoples and colonizers.
• Simcoe County’s National Indigenous History Month page - A few years old now, but includes a summation of the history of Indigenous peoples in Simcoe County.
• Government of Canada’s Treaty and Agreements Hub - A great place to start your research into the specifics of the treaties between colonizers and Indigenous peoples.

Here is some information about the territories surrounding Barrie

• Barrie was established at the Foot of the Nine Mile Portage, an Indigenous and traditional transportation route that existed centuries before Europeans arrived in Simcoe County.
• There have been at least five major archeological finds around Barrie that tell us more about Pre-Settler Indigenous life in this area.
• The “Confederacy of Three Fires” existed long before European contact. It was a relationship between three peoples: The Ojibway (Chippewas) were the providers, the Odawa were the warriors and the Potawatomi were the firekeepers.
• Treaty 16, or the Lake Simcoe Purchase, was signed in 1815 at Kempenfelt Bay by representatives of the Crown and certain Anishinaabe peoples. The territory described in the written Treaty covers approximately 100,000 hectares or 250,000 acres.
• Treaty 18 was signed on Oct 17, 1818, by representatives of the Crown and certain Anishinaabe peoples. It is also known as the Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty and was the first of three treaties signed between October and November of 1818. A fourth, Treaty 27, was signed in the Spring of 1819. The treaty details include a payment of goods at the "Montreal Price," because Montreal was the economic hub of Upper and Lower Canada.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream