"This booklet commemorates the 140th anniversary of the final negotiations and signing of Treaty #3 by the Anishinaabeg peoples of the Boundary Waters and the Crown... It is designed to relate some of our history as self-governing peoples, and the advocacy of our Elders, Grand Chiefs and Chiefs throughout the decades since 1873... The timeline of the Anishinaabeg of Treaty #3 documents how our people have lived our inherent rights, lived our treaty, and worked for decades to ensure that the rights and responsibilities that we were born with, are "recognized and affirmed" (as the Constitution of Canada, 1982, s.35 says) and implemented in the daily lives of our people and all Canadians."

"As long as the sun will shine and the water runs, that is to say forever."