Chief Doreen Davis, of the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, is one of 16 Algonquin Negotiation Representatives (ANR). ANRs are elected from 10 Algonquin communities to negotiate along side of our independent Negotiator Bob Potts. They are tasked with the responsibility of negotiating a modern day settlement for the Algonquin's of Ontario.

To understand more about the Algonquin Lands Claims go to,

http://www.tanakiwin.com/

Taken from the Ontario Algonquin website,

"The Algonquins have lived in the Ottawa Valley since before the Europeans came to North America.

Today, they live in communities in both Quebec and Ontario on either side of the Ottawa River (Kichi Sibi, which means ‘great river’ in the Algonquin language). The Traditional Territory of the Algonquins of Ontario covers over 9 million acres (14,000 square miles) within the watersheds of the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers. This area includes the National Capital Region and most of Algonquin Park. Approximately 7,000 people of Algonquin descent live in the Traditional Territory.

The Algonquins in Ontario have never surrendered their rights and title to these lands, and are now negotiating a settlement (“Algonquin Treaty”) with the Ontario and federal governments. This Treaty will address, among other things, ownership of lands, rights regarding natural resources, economic opportunities, and initiatives to promote the survival of Algonquin culture."

To understand the Ontario government's position regarding the Algonquin Lands issue go to,

http://www.nativeaffairs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/negotiate/algonquin/factsheet.html

Taken from the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs website,

"Algonquin communities are located in the general vicinity of: Ardoch, Bancroft, Golden Lake, Mattawa, North Bay, Ottawa, Sharbot Lake and Whitney.

The area that is the subject of the Algonquin land claim discussions, as depicted on the map below, can generally be described as the portion of eastern Ontario in which watersheds lie south of the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers and whose waters flow northward into those rivers.

More specifically, the northern boundary of the claim territory follows the Ottawa River from the Mattawa River in the northwest to L'Orignal, just west of Hawkesbury. The southern boundary of the claim territory is based on the height of land defining the Ottawa River watershed.

It encompasses more than 90 per cent of Algonquin Park and stretches in a southeast direction to include Bancroft and Sharbot Lake, then east and north to L'Orignal.

This general geographic outline of the area that is the subject of the Algonquin claim negotiations is not intended to be a legal or a definitive description."