The Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council (HSSMMC) has been awarded $200,000 from the Museum Assistance Program - Indigenous Heritage Grant, funded by the Government of Canada.

History Insights is a platform for big ideas that incite change. We welcome speakers that challenge our understanding of the past and how it affects our present.

We have a shared responsibility to learn the truth about Canada’s residential school system and the decades of pain and suffering it has created. This weeks edition of the KIH newsletter shares a few of the many educational resources available.

This September, as we reflect on the immense loss and grief caused by Canada’s residential school system, we are also looking for ways to support the ongoing process of healing and truth telling.

Know History established a $50,000 endowment at Carleton University to create a scholarship that will be awarded annually to an Indigenous student entering a Master’s degree program in either the Department of History or the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies.

September 6, 2021 is our 10-year anniversary! To mark this milestone, we will be releasing KH Top 10 Lists in the week leading up to our celebration.

We are very excited to undertake a pro-bono project with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center to gather, record and share the oral histories of Kahnawà:ke elders.

Thank you to everyone who joined us on August 17 and August 19 for the "Renaming and Reconciliation" webinar. Over 500 people registered for this important discussion.

Our Calgary team had a great week participating in Historic Calgary Week hosted by Chinook County Historical Society. We attended online and in person events around the city and presented at two seminars.

On July 13 and 15, Know History hosted an introductory webinar explaining the history of the residential school system in Canada, its origins, policies, and impacts.