Indigenous leaders say Trump’s threats to make Canada a 51st state challenges inherent sovereignty [Video]

Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan see the U.S. president’s threats to make Canada a 51st state as uninformed about Treaty agreements and First Nations’ inherent sovereignty.

Since before his inauguration, President Donald Trump has continuously made comments suggesting Canada is so dependent on its trade and security relationship with the U.S. that it ought to become a state.

Trump has even gone so far as to refer to the Canadian Prime Minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau.” Trump’s taunts have elicited fiery reactions from the Canadian leader.

Trudeau has repeatedly insisted that Trump’s claims will never come to fruition.

Chief Tanya Aguilar-Antiman of Mosquito, Grizzly Bear’s Head, Lean Man Assiniboine Nation finds Trump’s claims “insulting.”

“It’s clearly evident that Trump is lacking knowledge of treaties,” she told CBC.

Mosquito, Grizzly Bear’s Head, Lean Man First Nation, a conglomeration of three nations that were a part of either Treaty 4 or Treaty 6, is located about 115 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.

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