Trina Simard, Producer of the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival and avid Equestrian, recently met with CTV to share the story of four rare and endangered Ojibwe Spirit Horses brought to the National Capital Region by Indigenous Experiences.

We are very excited to be sponsoring the 2021 Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival! Know History is sponsoring the Traditional Knowledge segments featured during the International Pow Wow Competition, and the Family Cultural Connections Program!

As a society, we are used to speaking about violence in the language of crisis. Stories reported in the media often focus on a moment in time – the combination of factors that, when combined, lead to death.

The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) and Know History will be co-hosting the upcoming virtual panel: Situating Early Residential Schools in Settler Canadian Society. Join us on June 15, at 12:00 PM EST. The event will be held virtually over Zoom, is free to attend, and everyone is welcome!

In this three-part blog, I will reflect on different aspects of colonialism and how that has impacted Indigenous identity from my perspective. In this post, I will reflect on behaviours classified as white or “Indian” by colonial spectators. I will also draw on my experiences growing up with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations.

In this three-part blog, I will reflect on different aspects of colonialism and how that has impacted Indigenous identity from my perspective. Colonialism has impacted, controlled, and, in some cases, changed Indigenous identities. As an Indigenous person who also happens to be a historian, it is evident that the qualities that shaped Canada were heavily dependent on my ancestors’ assimilation and dehumanization—clearing them out so that newcomers could find prosperity.