It’s a far cry from Genesis 1:26, “Let (man) have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air… and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Algonquin Elder Larry McDermott says Indigenous understanding over the importance of human kind is more one of a peaceable kingdom.
McDermott says the Algonquin view is one of species interdependence.
The Shabot Obaadjiwan elder says we can talk all we want about the Treaty of 1764 that followed the Royal Proclamation of the previous year, and be missing the point in the fine print.
Elder McDermott presided over the annual Land Acknowledgment Ceremony at Mississippi Mills Council, January 17th.
By Rick Stow