Category Archives: Indigenous

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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Royal BC Museum launches $500K grant to repatriate First Nations artifacts, ancestral remains

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Royal BC Museum announced a $500,000 grant earlier this month to help First Nations communities recover cultural artifacts, ancestral remains and burial items, as well as intangible cultural heritage like songs, stories and language recordings from museums. Some of … Continue reading →

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Canadiana launches online database of Aboriginal soldiers

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Gail Dever

April has been a good month for genealogists researching their Canadian ancestors with several new or expanded online databases, and here is another one. The following is the release Canadiana.org issued yesterday. OTTAWA, ON, April 26, 2016 — The World … Continue reading →

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Trace your Algonquin roots on new website

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

Genealogists who want to trace their Algonquin ancestry now have access to 15 years of research conducted by Jean-Guy Paquin who has produced a website, Weskarinis. Mr. Paquin has compiled a directory of alliances and descendency charts of Algonquin families … Continue reading →

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Private records of Canadian aboriginal World War veterans being sought

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Gail Dever

Canadiana.org announced yesterday it has launched an initiative to keep alive the stories of Canadian aboriginal veterans of both world wars by digitizing their surviving private records and sharing them online with the public. About 12,000 aboriginal (Inuit, Metis, and … Continue reading →

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LAC posts photos of Residential Schools

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada has published photos online from its collection on Residential Schools, taken between 1885 and 1996. The first set of photos posted were taken in Alberta, with plans to post photos from other provinces throughout the year.

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Voyageur artist Frances Anne Hopkins recorded part of Canada’s history

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Gail Dever

On the French Canadian Cultural Alliance of the Great Lakes’ website, Wisconsin-based MaryEllen Weller-Smith writes a fascinating story about Frances Anne Hopkins (née Beechey), an English artist who painted some of the most recognizable images of the voyageur world. Hopkins travelled with her … Continue reading →

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Sleep in a First Nations long house

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Gail Dever

For family historians planning a research trip in the Quebec City area, there is now an extraordinary way to make your stay feel deeply entrenched in the region’s history. The Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations in Wendake, Quebec, about 15 minutes north of Quebec … Continue reading →

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