A saddlebag that belonged to Chief Poundmaker.HO/The Canadian Press Century-old artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper were returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum. The Toronto-based museum transferred a ceremonial pipe and a saddle bag …
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Items on display from the communities of the Plains are photographed at the Royal Ontario Museums in the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art and culture, in Toronto on July, 2019.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail The Royal Ontario Museum has temporarily closed its First Nations gallery after conversations …
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Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Chief Rosanne Casimir stands outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School after speaking to reporters, in Kamloops, B.C., on June 4, 2021.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press The Chief of the First Nation that touched off an international reckoning with Canada’s Indian Residential School system says she is disappointed …
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Lucy Bell, former head of the First Nations Department and Repatriation Program at the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives, seen here in Victoria on June 5, 2019. DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail The Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives has hired a third-party investigator and brought in a diversity …
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Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gesture during their visit to Canada House in thanks for the warm Canadian hospitality and support they received during their recent stay in Canada, in London, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Daniel Leal-Olivas/The Associated Press Letters to the Editor should be exclusive to …
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