Category Archives: Indigenous

Royal BC Museum receives donation towards digitizing Indigenous AV collections, including photos

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Royal BC Museum has received a $250,000 donation toward the Indigenous Audio-Visual Collection Digitization Project from the Wesik Family Foundation. “This generous donation from the Wesik Family Foundation will support the digitization and preservation of language and cultural traditions of … Continue reading →

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Ontario removes fee for death records of children who attended Indian Residential Schools

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Government of Ontario is providing a streamlined process to reduce the burden for Indigenous communities, organizations, and family members trying to locate death records for children who attended Indian Residential Schools in Ontario. As part of this process, fees … Continue reading →

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Catholic archdiocese digitizes Alberta residential school photos

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, with funding from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, has digitized and uploaded to its website almost 3,000 photos pertaining to life on the residential schools in northwestern Alberta. The photos are organized … Continue reading →

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United Church of Canada to fund identification of unmarked Indigenous graves

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Gail Dever

The United Church of Canada is making funds available to support the work of Indigenous communities in the identification of unmarked graves, knowledge gathering, and ceremony to honour the children who died in its care at 15 residential schools.  It is also … Continue reading →

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Canadian Historical Association concerned about Catholic Church’s removal of residential school records to Rome

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Gail Dever

In an open letter sent yesterday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Historical Association called on the federal government to ensure that historical records of Indian Residential Schools, held by the government, archival institutions, and religious institutions be fully … Continue reading →

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Indigenous family history research and a new $18 million cultural centre at Algoma University

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Gail Dever

Last week Jenna Lemay delivered an excellent presentation on How to Research Indigenous Ancestors in Northern Ontario, hosted by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) within Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In the webinar, Ms. Lemay, who is … Continue reading →

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Call for design for new Métis Nation Heritage Centre

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) invites all Canadians to become a part of Métis Nation history and join its “Journey in the Heart of the Homeland Idea Competition” to design the future home of the Métis Nation Heritage Centre. For … Continue reading →

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Video recap of news conference about future Metis Nation Heritage Centre

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Manitoba Metis Federation has put together a four-minute video of the private news conference held on May 12 to celebrate the sale of Winnipeg’s historic Bank of Montreal building at Portage and Main that will be the future Metis … Continue reading →

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Historic Bank of Montreal building in Winnipeg to become Métis Nation Heritage Centre

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Gail Dever

Yesterday, Manitoba celebrated its 150th anniversary and marked the Manitoba Métis becoming Canada’s negotiating partner in Confederation and Founder of Manitoba. Led by Louis Riel, the Métis became the first and only Indigenous people in the country to create a province. As part of the celebration, BMO Financial … Continue reading →

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Names of children who died in residential schools released: Now to find their graves and collect their stories

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Gail Dever

At a ceremony yesterday in Gatineau, Quebec, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation released the names of 2,800 Indigenous children who died in residential schools. A 50-metre-long, blood-red cloth bearing the names of each child and the schools they … Continue reading →

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