BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Black River First Nation

Chief Sheldon Kent has been a board member of TFAO Inc. since it was first established in 2017. Chief Kent is originally from Black River First Nations and is a strong believer in maintaining his traditions but also to make Canada understand about ways of our people and our rights. As Co-Chair, Chief Sheldon Kent provides guidance and aids in steering the Treaty 5 process. He is committed to the Treaty 5 process and wants the people to come together become unified in reclaiming sovereignty. In his personal life, he is passionate about learning and promoting the traditional ways. He believes with all the wealth in our territories we should be wealthy people; wealth that can be passed down to each generation to come. He believes prosperity will replace generations of pain and poverty.

He declares the Summit of Treaty Five Sovereign Nations are sovereign and the Treaty 5 Nations are united. His vision for our Treaty 5 Nations is to plan for the future and the ability to say “we accept this or do not accept this”. When asked what his hopes are for the future, Chief Kent said he hopes to see our people recognize the strength they have as a people, become self-sustaining, exercise sovereignty, take our land back, protect our resources for the future generations and to honour and respect the Treaties and their true intent. He said, the Denesuline, Ininew, Anishaabe and Anishininew people have been sovereign since time immemorial, we are part of the land, and we want what is rightfully ours.