Indigenous Relations Framework for the City of Guelph, as attached to the report titled Indigenous Relations Framework, dated September 4 2024, be approved.

34:40Morgan Dandy, who is going to be our delegation on the first item that we have a delegation on,

34:46which is the Indigenous Relations Framework. And so for all of our delegations tonight,

34:53you have no more than five minutes. You'll hear a chime at the four minutes and 30 second mark

34:59and then stick around just in case there's any follow-up questions. I'll turn the microphone

35:03over to you, Morgan. You've been here before. You know the drill. Go right ahead. I stand here

35:09today as one whose ancestors have come here as settlers and who have been settled.

35:18When I say that I've had ancestors that were settled here, I know that I wouldn't exist

35:28if it weren't for the Haudenosaunee, the peoples that at the beginning of every council meeting

35:38are mentioned. My ancestors were Irish, arrived on the shores of Turtle Island as indentured

35:48servants. When their servitude was completed, they were released with nothing. If it weren't for the

36:00Haudenosaunee in the area that's now called Georgetown, I wouldn't be here because my ancestors

36:08would not have survived those winters. The Longhouse people need to be a big part

36:20of what we talk about in the Dina Doni because this is, as we say, in the beginning of every meeting.

36:34Their traditional hunting grounds. I was blessed to have been raised in part by a Nehaewak woman

36:51who loved me so much that she named her daughter after me. I have teachings in my brain that I

37:00don't understand where they came from because they were instilled in me when I was so young.

37:07I'm really glad that this Indigenous framework is here and I really hope that each and every person

37:16now has the opportunity to really delve into their personal biases because personal bias

37:25frames so much of how we think. When I first heard about the 215 unmarked graves in Kamloops in 2021,

37:40my reaction, I didn't understand because it was, thank God, now maybe something can happen.

37:50I didn't know where that thought came from until I started delving into it after listening to

37:57a two-spirit Indigenous youth on the steps of the Basilica. That person said,

38:05on June 1st, it's so great to see all of you people standing here in orange shirts and if any of you

38:13were raising that flag of genocide in 30 days, you being here means nothing. That changed my world view.

38:27I am for everyone as we move through this Indigenous relations framework to look at our personal biases

38:39and learn how it informs our world view because until we actually look at it, we don't know what it is.

38:52Thank you. Thank you. Are there any follow-up questions for the delegate? Seeing none, thank you very much.

39:02With that, would someone be willing to move the Indigenous relations framework for me?

39:07Councillor Goller and Colosson will second. Is there anything further on that?

39:14No? Okay, I'll call the vote. Is there anyone against?

39:18Seeing none, that's unanimous. Thank you very much. The next one, we do have a delegation,