Grandfather of the Treaties: 

Finding Our Future Through the Wampum Covenant

Daniel Coleman will be in Port Moody to read from his book and share his research on the original wampum agreements between First Peoples and the early settlers. These covenants bound nations together in mutual regard and friendship. They consisted of a promise to respect one another’s different cultures, values, traditions and ways of life, and to live peaceably together. In recalling the wampum covenants, we are presented with an opportunity to renew our original promises between settlers and First Peoples, and to consider their applicability to how we relate to the diverse peoples and beings who make up the Earth.

Daniel, a Settler Canadian writer, also joins Ki’en Debicki and Bonnie Freeman as a co-editor of Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life, a book of essays by Six Nations Writers and their neighbours. This book emerged from the Two Row Research Partnership group's monthly discussions at Six Nations Polytechnic on the Grand River Territory.

When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Time: 1:30pm to 3pm

Where: Inlet United Church at The Springs, 2315 Spring St, Port Moody, BC