Efforts have been made to repatriate the remains of several indigenous Labradorians who died in Europe while being part of a travelling zoo exhibit in the 1880s.
Book Review: Shawn Smallman’s Dangerous Spirits is a fascinating look at the stories of the Windigo heard by early missionaries, fur traders, colonial officials, and legal authorities, and at those told by Indigenous elders.
Very few residential school buildings still stand today, making walking tours of the Shingwauk site increasingly important as an experiential learning tool.
Book Review: This beautifully illustrated book is about the evolving relationship between Indigenous communities and cultural institutions. The relationship is explored through the stories of five sacred shirts collected by Sir George Simpson, governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company and his secretary, Edward Hopkins, in 1841.
Watch now: in this webinar panelists discuss their respective wikithons and share their experiences and advice for those wanting to host or participate in future wikithons.
Book Review: Jean Barman’s book Abenaki Daring: The Life and Writings of Noel Annance, 1792–1869 provides a fascinating glimpse into the experiences of a man whose career and whose life as an Indigenous person and as a proclaimed “gentleman” dared to challenge the exclusion he faced within the context of the developing Dominion.
