By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative  Grand Chiefs and council members from Anishinabe Algonquin communities joined the federal minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations in Ottawa recently to sign an agreement on a dedicated space for them on Parliament Hill. Those nations’ representatives joined Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Gary Anandasangaree in signing what the government called a “landmark” agreement for the construction of a dedicated Algonquin space as part of Canada’s commitment to establish a national space for Indigenous peoples on Parliament Hill. Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council Grand Chief Savanna McGregor said the move – which will give her people their own space in Canada’s federal-government buildings – “means everything.” “For our Anishinabe Algonquin Nation members to see us acquire our own space in the heart of our territory means everything,” she

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