Anishinabek Nation citizens invited to join dialogue on Anishinabek self-determination and unity – Anishinabek News

March 14, 2025

ANISHINABEK NATION TERRITORY— Anishinabek Nation E-niiganwidood E’Dbendaagzijig (Citizenship Commissioner) Dr. Jeannette Corbiere Lavell will hold four regional virtual engagement sessions on March 18 and 20, and April 1 and April 3, 2025, for all Anishinabek Nation First Nations leaders and citizens.

The purpose of the upcoming virtual events is to continue to build consensus on a proposed Anishinabek Nation Declaration on E’Dbendaagzijig (Those Who Belong). The draft Declaration was created at the E’Dbendaagzijig (Citizenship) Gathering on January 29, 2025, that primarily focused on Anishinabek Nation sovereignty, history, traditional governance, and inherent rights as related to E’Dbendaagzijig laws and cultural identity.

In 2009, the Anishinabek Nation Grand Council adopted the E’Dbendaagzijig Naaknigewin, a framework for Anishinabek First Nation citizenship laws. This framework law centres on the one-parent rule and is based on the inherent right of self-determination. The Citizenship Law was the response to the Government of Canada’s Indian Status termination policies. Likewise, the proposed Anishinabek Nation Declaration on E’Dbendaagzijig is a guiding document, akin to, and integrating Anishinaabe Law and principles as expressed in Ngo Dwe Waangizid Anishinaabe (One Anishinaabe Family).

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