Scott Berthelette By the end of the seventeenth century, King Louis XIV of France, who styled himself Le Roi Soleil (“the Sun King”), commanded one of the largest and best-trained galley fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, with […]
Crystal Gail Fraser Since the publication of Talk Treaty to Me: Understanding the Basics of Treaties and Land in Canada, I have spent a great deal of time talking about treaties with audiences across Canada, and […]
As another June rings in the start of National Indigenous History Month, we are reminded to reflect on the overlooked, erased, and reclaimed stories that live within our histories as Indigenous people. It is also […]
Mary Jane Logan McCallum[i] Winnipeg Manitoba Over the past two months, we’ve seen media coverage of federal museum and archives job losses because of the Canada Strong Budget 2025 and its required cutbacks. The loss of […]
Mary Jane Logan McCallum Winnipeg, July 2025 “STEM,” the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, is a field of targeted youth education that emphasizes hands-on applications of scientific skills and knowledge. It intentionally promotes […]
Mary Jane Logan McCallumPort Stanley, Ontario, June 2025 Clearwater Lake Indian Hospital, February 1962. Photo by Mr. Don Reynolds from the Sam Waller Museum, PP2014.2.20 On 24 June 2025, the Federal Court approved the Indian […]
Maegan EllisUniversity of Guelph I’m currently a graduate student – a Métis historian in-training – but this document has been familiar to me for some time. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately – […]
By Alan Ojiig Corbiere This document was written on July 4, 1796 by Crown Surveyor, Augustus Jones (ca. 1757 – November 16, 1836). Augustus Jones was born in the United States, but fled to Upper […]
Robert Alexander InnesMcMaster University The annual report of the Department of Indian Affairs for 1884 was submitted to parliament by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, John A. Macdonald. In the report Macdonald details the “Yellow […]
Susan M. Hill (Grand River Haudenosaunee/Mohawk Nation)University of Toronto Image: inside cover of the author’s personal Haudenosaunee passport In August of 1921 Deskaheh (Levi General), a Cayuga Nation Chief, travelled to London, England on behalf […]