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Chris Selley: First Nations chiefs make a much-needed case for Canada

The meeting at Buckingham Palace was a reminder this country wasn’t just born yesterday

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A fascinating scene played out Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, where the King met a delegation of chiefs from the Treaty 6 First Nations, from what today we call Alberta and Saskatchewan. Charles had been invited to the Fort Carlton Provincial Historic Park, near Duck Lake, Sask., for the 150th anniversary celebrations of the original Treaty 6 signing this summer; Charles responded with his own invitation to the chiefs.

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The chiefs were there representing their own people’s interests, of course; headlines from the meeting focused mostly on the prospect of a sovereignty referendum in Alberta, which Indigenous groups argue would be unconstitutional, not just ill-advised.

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