In Their Own Words - Lyle Sayers, Former Chief Garden River First Nation
Lyle Sayers is a former Chief of Garden River First Nation. He is a direct descendant of Chief Shingwauk who fought in the war of 1812 and signed the 1850 Robinson-Huron Treaty on behalf of Garden River. In 1999 Former Chief Sayers oversaw the recovery of a wampum belt given by Chief Shingwauk to lieutenant-governor General John Colborne in 1832.
Former Chief of Garden River First Nation and direct descendant of Chief Shingwauk speaks to Anishinaabe students at East View Elementary School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Being a Chief
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