By Pepper Parr
June 27th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Moccasin Identifier is an Indigenous-led initiative dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of Indigenous Treaties and history across Canada.
Their mission is to cover Canada in Moccasins, creating visual and educational reminders of the significance of Treaties and the Indigenous relationship to the land.
An example of the stencil used to paint a marker on a sidewalk identifying Indigenous Treaty Lands.
The above is the extent of what media got from the city. The Moccasin Identifier initiative has much for than two sentences going for it.
Carol King, a former elected Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
It came about when Carol King, a former elected Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation was looking for a way to help educators include Indigenous issues in the classrooms.
Schools in Burlington have been using the “blanket” exercise to show how treat lands were being reduced to the point where there really wasn’t all that much land left. The story behind how the Mississaugas of the Credit had most of their land taken away from them is a sad part of Canadian history. Some very good work is being done to ensure that the Indigenous people are always at the table.
Carol King
The kit is a little on the pricey side, but if four people chip in, it works out to $25 each. Every high school student should be given a chance to mark a place in their community that tells people they are walking on treaty lands.
The kit is used to paint a stencil on a sidewalk that indicates the space is part of Treaty lands.
It is worth looking into.
Details on purchasing a stencil kit HERE.
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