Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch 
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch 

By Angela Amato THE CANADIAN PRESS Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they’re concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen’s death last week wasn’t good timing, as First Nations were making progress in working with the Crown toward upholding treaty agreements. “We were building up not only the momentum, but letting (the Queen) know that the Crown and the relationship understood by our people is not what’s being delivered by administrators,” Noskey said from his office in Edmonton. Treaty-Crown relations have been a complex issue since the inception of the agreements. Some were signed under vulnerable circumstances, while others were implemented as peace treaties, and most weren’t negotiated accurately or in Indigenous languages. “It hasn’t resonated to what

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