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La Ronge council approves flying Treaty 6 flag on municipal pole
The Treaty 6 flag will soon fly proudly in La Ronge after council approved a request to raise it.
In a letter sent to council and others by Samuel Hardlotte and Hope Fietz Hardlotte, it was requested the town, along with Air Ronge, Kikinahk Friendship Centre and Northlands College, fly the Treaty 6 flag. It notes those municipalities and organizations are situated on Treaty 6 territory, the Homeland of the Woodland Cree.
“In this community we now call La Ronge, a residential school was built and many children were forced to attend this school, therefore, the families of these children, wanting to be close to their children began moving into and settling in and around La Ronge,” the letter states. “As you are aware, our ancestors signed the adhesion to Treaty 6 at the north end of Montreal Lake on February 11, 1889. Flying the Treaty 6 Flag, here in Northern Saskatchewan, is an acknowledgement that you are on Treaty 6 territory.”
The request, which was first proposed to council in 2014, was swiftly approved and Mayor Colin Ratushniak said he would like to have a new flagpole installed and have the Treaty 6 flag raised by the end of summer. He was surprised the request dated was so far back and it had taken so long for there to be a push to make it happen.