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-Most of what happened in Toronto occurred well before there was any kind of written history.
-There are almost 200 places around the city where tangible fragments of Indigenous lives, have survived for thousands of years.

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As books on on the history of Toronto move out of the early 'discovery' years and toward settlement, the mentions of Indigenous people are thin.

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-Canada, made up of two European nations, has some big commitments it is avoiding.
-To the Haudenosaunee, the term used for the covenant chain had a meaning associated with clasped arms. There is an arm gesture, which involved grasping the forearms, which was commonly used to binding friendship.
-The name of the city has been highly disputed. For a long time, it was believed to mean abundance or a place of plenty in Wendat, then attributed to mean the meeting place.
-In 1700, the Haudenosaunee were at a trade meeting in Albany, New York, where they let the English know of the Anishinaabe call for peace, and to be united under the dish with One Spoon.

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Dana Solomon is Anishinaabe, she is an afro-Guyanese performing artist, choreographer, and filmmaker. Dana has worked with the Urban Indigenous population at Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre for many years as youth program coordinator.

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Kennedy Bomberry is a contemporary dancer and performance artist from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is from the Turtle Clan of the Mohawk Nation.