Assembly of Treaty Chiefs on Health

Provisional Agenda (click here)

The true Spirit and Intent of Treaty No. 6 Medicine Chest Clause is to ensure that the Indigenous peoples, who collectively comprise the First Nations of these lands, have the right to all health provisions required to ensure their physical and mental well-being are maintained throughout each life-span. This Right is supported by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Article 24 “(1) Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals. Indigenous individuals also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services. (2) Indigenous individuals have an equal right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. States shall take the necessary steps with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of this righ…