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A 12-foot birchbark canoe built by students at the Maawnjidiing Wiingushkeng Centre for Indigenous Excellence and Land-Based Learning in Caledon was launched at Heart Lake Conservation Area on Nov. 3.
On a sunny Friday morning, a beautiful canoe created by local Indigenous students had a successful first voyage.
Ginnifer Menominee's first solo exhibition tells the story of displacement and reclamation of the Potawatomi Nation.
Ten years ago, Susanne Richter noticed there was nothing on the Canadian side of the Thousand Islands highlighting the important role that boats have had in the area’s history.
By Kristena Schutt-Moore For several years the Anishinaabe Baptiste Community Organization and members of the Kijicho Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation have hosted annual birch bark canoe builds. The last two have also been in partnership with the Bancroft North Hastings Heritage Museum. At the last build, the museum commissioned master canoe builder Chuck Commanda to build a canoe that could be put on permanent display in the museum’s Algonquin room. On Monday, Jan, 4 Commanda brought the canoe to the museum. The three-foot birch bark canoe was made in the same way as the traditi...