Mississauga in Peel Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Chi-twaa Tigaanes/ Sacred Garden
Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 14, 2024
1. Chi-twaa Tigaanes/ Sacred Garden Marker
Chi nibana mdaaswaak bboonkaakba, Anishinabek gii miyaayok Misinege Ziibi Booskanagaak. Gii maadzo'ook nengaach maanpii kiing miinawaa bangii giin ganaa'naa'aa etek Wii maan’minendagaazwad gii mi e'yaa'aad. Maanda tigaan aawin wii maan'minejigaaswad Kiinawi Ntam Bemaadzijik gaa aawad gaa nokiijik maanpii chi-twaa kiing. Owi tigaanes temigad tek Misinige Anameskejik Oodenaahns, gaa dad'aad Mississaugiig niing Misinge Ziibi pii aawan 1826 biinish 1847. Maanda tek aawin yaabi aadiziwinkaak miinawaa bemaadziwinkaak e'chi-piitendaagwad Mississaugiig Shki Misinige nongo. Owi gitigaan-gaategen maajiiganoon omaa awinoon wiindamaagewinan ntam bemaadziwinkaamagak ntam bemaadzijik gitigaanjigaadegen iiw Mississaugiig tek aatyiying gitigaaning windamaagewin, ni aawin, owi chi-kidiwin tibaadjimowin gwaandak Misinige Anameskejik Oodenaahns.
For thousands of years, Native peoples have travelled the Credit River Valley. They lived lightly on the land and left little evidence behind to remind us of their presence. This garden is dedicated to the memory of the Our First Nation Ancestors who once lived on this sacred ground. The garden is located on part of what was the Credit Mission Village site, which was home to the Mississaugas of the Credit River circa 1826 to 1847. This site remains culturally and traditionally significant to the Mississaugas of the New Credit today. The plants growing here are representative of traditional indigenous plants that the Mississaugas would have known, and the plaques located around the garden tell, in part, the significant story of the Credit Mission Village.
Les peuples indigènes se rendent dans la vallée de la rivière Credit depuis des millénaires. Ils ont vécu simplement sur la terre et sont repartis en ne nous laissant que peu de traces de leur présence. Ce jardin est dédié à la mémoire de nos ancêtres autochtones qui vivaient jadis sur cette terre sacrée. Le jardin est situé sur une partie de l'ancien site du village missionnaire de Credit, qui a accueilli les Mississaugas de la rivière Credit vers 1826 à 1847. Aujourd'hui, ce site demeure significatif sur les plans culturel et traditionnel pour les Mississaugas de New Credit. Les plantes poussant ici sont représentatives des plantes indigènes traditionnelles qu'auraient connues les Mississaugas, et les panneaux explicatifs situés autour du jardin racontent, en partie, l'histoire fascinante du village missionnaire de Credit.
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Location. 43° 32.891′ N, 79° 37.456′ W. Marker is in Mississauga, Ontario, in Peel Region. It is on Mississauga Road 0.4 kilometers north of North Sheridan Way, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1864 Mississauga Road, Mississauga ON L5H 4C8, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto, specifically on the Golden Horseshoe, and in the Toronto Metropolitan Area. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: On This Ground (here, next to this marker); We Were Here (here, next to this marker); Who We Are (here, next to this marker); Voices of Our Ancestors
Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 14, 2024
2. Chi-twaa Tigaanes/ Sacred Garden Marker
Also see . . . Mississaugas were a people of the water (Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation).
Mississaugas of the Credit ancestors arrived on the north shore of Lake Ontario at the close of the 17th century. Migrating from the north shore of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron, the Mississaugas dispersed the previous occupants of the land and erected their wigwams on the flats of rivers and creeks flowing into Lake Ontario. The Mississaugas were a people of the waters and, it is thought by some, their name “Mississauga” derived from the Anishinabek (Ojibway) word Minzazaheeg meaning “people living where there are mouths of many rivers”.(Submitted on September 29, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)
Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 14, 2024
3. Chi-twaa Tigaanes/ Sacred Garden
Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 29, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
