During Grey Cup week, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Gimaa (Chief) R. Stacey Laforme says he was fielding angry phone calls from his community members.

“They call me and they go, ‘Chief, other nations are all over the Grey Cup being recognized. Where are we?” he said in a phone interview.

“We work so hard to get our name out there so people understand our treaties and our territory and then all of a sudden, on one of Canada’s biggest stages, we’re ignored and that stings a little.”

The Canadian Football League (CFL) trophy arrived in Hamilton’s Bayfront Park last week ahead of the championship game