by Bradley Clements Concurrent with Treaty Recognition Week, GRASAC is launching a new learning resource: a Great Lakes Treaty Timeline! This timeline is intended for treaty education and research. It is not complete or authoritative, and it will be continuously grown. All GRASAC ...
Exhibition Review: Away From Home and Close to Home at the Dennos Museum Center
by Bradley Clements Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories touches on many experiences of Indian boarding schools throughout the USA over their history from 1879 to the present. The exhibition emphasizes the agency of Indigenous peoples and children in resisting and ...
Mobile Community Research Kits Update
by Haley BryantEquipment for GRASAC’s Mobile Community Research Kits has begun arriving! So far, we’ve received the backpacks, camera bags, rugged laptops, digital cameras, and various power and data storage accessories. The kits will continue to come together into the fall with the addition of ...
From the GKS: Niagara Conference Minutes, July 28, 1764
by Bradley Clements Last month, many questioned and challenged “Canada Day” as the celebration of a colonial and genocidal state. July 1 was designated as the date of Canadian confederation by the 1867 British North America Act. This Act also unilaterally asserted Canada’s ...
Support for Recovery & Resiliency
Reminders of residential school experiences can be painful, distressing, and triggering. It is important to access whatever supports you need. Below are just a few of the supports available to Survivors, intergenerational Survivors, and Indigenous community members. These materials have been ...