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The U.S. celebrates Indigenous People's Day on the second Monday of October. In Canada, June 21st marks a similar holiday.
If you can't make it in person, but are still interested in learning about Indigenous history and culture in Muskoka, the exhibit will be available for free digitally as of October 3. Photos by ...
For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a ...
In 2015, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued a report documenting how the nation’s policy toward Indigenous peoples amounted to “cultural genocide” through its ...
The PBS documentary “The American Buffalo” takes a closer look at this and other impacts on Indigenous culture over 10,000 years of North American history, including Pratt’s philosophy.
For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a ...
OTTAWA - For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as ...
Research from a project about thinking historically for Canada’s future finds curricula must do far more to challenge ...
Growing up in Toronto, my knowledge of Indigenous communities was limited to a few days of history class. In textbooks, the descriptions of the past were suspect, haloed with a now-familiar ...
The indigenous people of Canada for centuries intentionally set ... the Bush Fire Act of 1874 made indigenous cultural burning practices ... the second-highest number reported in survey history.