Shawanaga asserts inherent rights to support the creation of an independent Indigenous gaming authority – Parry Sound News
February 22, 2022
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In light of the ongoing failure of the Ontario government to honour its duty to seek informed and prior consent on changes to legislation affecting Indigenous rights — specifically in regard to games of chance and wagering — and with the recent provincial announcement that the market for online gaming in Ontario will open on April 4, 2022, Shawanaga First Nation’s chief and council assert their inherent rights to support the creation of an independent First Nations gaming authority to operate within the territory now known as the Province of Ontario.
Anishinabek have historically had the enjoyment of wagering on a multitude of processes since the dawn of time and before contact and will continue to exercise this right as bestowed upon Indigenous peoples by the Creator.
