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G7 Summit Returns to Kananaskis Lodge on Traditional Indigenous Land

First Nations leaders greeted arriving heads of government to honor the area’s indigenous heritage

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Overview

  • The Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, built for the 1988 Winter Olympics, is hosting G7 talks for the first time since its 2002 G8 summit
  • Steven Crowchild of the Tsuut’ina Nation joined other First Nations representatives to welcome Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Calgary airport
  • Organizers emphasize the summit’s setting on ancestral settlement land that counts just 156 residents in Kananaskis EU Commission Chair Ursula von der Leyen warned that including Russia in 2002 was viewed as a path to peace that ultimately proved illusory
  • The official G7 press center operates in Banff, 40 kilometers northwest of the summit venue, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains’ wildlife