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    A screenshot of the City of Kawartha Lakes area showing Treaty 20 and the Williams Treaties which cover the municipal territory. Taken from Native-Land.ca on September 7, 2021.

    A digital copy of the Mississauga clause of the Williams Treaty, signed November 15, 1923.

    The Treaty document for the Williams Treaties (Chippewa Clause), signed on October 31, 1923.

    Click on the document titled "Full Map" to view the full Williams Treaties and Pre-Confederation Treaties Map.

    A sketch showing part of Rice Lake Indian Reserve, later Hiawatha Reserve no. 36. Part of Treaty 20.

    Image from "Southern and Central Ontario - Michi Saagiig Historical Context. Official background released by Curve Lake First Nation."

    This exhibits endeavours to describe the history of Indigenous Peoples in the area of the now-called City of Kawartha Lakes. The City of Kawartha Lakes Public Library respectfully acknowledges that w

    Hayden Taylor’s friend James Whetung has been cultivating wild rice on the Trent–Severn Waterway. A wild renegade in a fanboat, he has also sown discontent in the area. The Indigenous grandmothers wh