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In the summer and fall of 1814, the British and Americans conducted a desperate struggle for control of the Niagara peninsula. Episode 11 of the War of 1812 Video Field Guide.

Watch the recordings of the 14th Canada’s History Forum.

A brass token served to seal alliances and to propagate the faith.

These stone tools were used for hunting and warfare.

An embroidered headpiece shows Wendat artistic ingenuity.

Traditional floral motifs decorate a Victorian-era keepsake.

A tool of evangelization became a repository of linguistic history.

Chunks of raw copper from the western Arctic were given to HBC Chief Factor James Thomson.

A hat from northern Quebec is an example of the region’s Inuit grass-weaving tradition.

In this presentation, Dr. Maureen Lux shares a few stories that she found in the archival and oral history research for her book Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada.