october 1 • Epekwitk (Pei)
Treaty Day
10:30 am
Treaty Day Ceremony
Shaw Building Courtyard
95 Rochford Street, Charlottetown
1 pm – 5pm
Treaty Day Mawio’mi
Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown
ALL ARE WELCOME
These events are open to the public. We encourage all Islanders to attend and take part in honouring Mi’kmaw culture, heritage, and our shared history.
Each year on October 1, we celebrate Treaty Day: the official recognition of the historic Peace and Friendship Treaties signed between the Mi’kmaq and the British Crown in the 1700s. These treaties guarantee the Mi’kmaq right to hunt, fish, gather, and earn a reasonable living, and still stand today.
While the treaties sought peaceful coexistence, the Mi’kmaq were never conquered and never surrendered or ceded our land. Mi’kma’ki is still Mi’kmaq territory.
Treaty Day is a reminder that we are all Treaty People.
Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw People. The Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq have occupied this Island for over 12,000 years. We honour the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which recognize Mi’kmaw rights and establish an ongoing relationship between nations, past, present and future. We are all Treaty People.
