Posts tagged Colonization
The History of Canada’s Residential School System
The History of Canada’s Residential School System

Between 1880 and 1980, ten Residential Schools operated in our own backyard, or Treaty 7 lands. The impact of residential schools has caused generations of Indigenous youth to strive to relearn and preserve cultural ways of knowing as intergenerational victims.

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Article, Indigenous HistoryKalli Eagle SpeakerGalt Museum & ArchivesResidential School, Truth and Reconciliation, Reconciliation, Colonization, Canada, Treaty 7, Indigenous, Children, Childhood, Trauma, Assimilation, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, HistoryComment
New Wagon Arrives at Fort Whoop-Up
New Wagon Arrives at Fort Whoop-Up

The Glenbow Museum in Calgary contacted the Galt to see if we would be interested in a replica of a bull wagon. We said “Yes.”

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ArticleDarrin J Martens Aaká óóhkotoki (Many rocks)Fort Whoop-UpBull, Wagon, Freight, Transportation, Commerce, Trade, Fur, Whisky, Fort Whoop-Up, Fort Benton, Crane, Glenbow Museum, Gift, Donation, Zero Gravity Crane & Rigging Inc., Colonization, Bison Robe, Montana, Alberta, Commemoration, Fred Findlay, ReconstructionComment