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Chief Poundmaker – exoneration – Cree Nation

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48360554 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has exonerated a Cree leader who was convicted in 1885 on a charge of "treason-felony". Chief Poundmaker was wrongfully accused as being one of the instigators in a brief rebellion against the Canadian government. He is now remembered as a diplomat and peacemaker during a turbulent time in the… Continue reading Chief Poundmaker – exoneration – Cree Nation

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Golden Threads from Heaven – one small step towards reconciliation

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Excerpt: No one knows the “absolute” answer on how to bring about reconciliation between Canada’s First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples, and those of us whose peoples displaced them, according to Debra Sparrow, a Musqueam weaver, artist and knowledge keeper. But any step taken in good faith to build a new, healthy relationship is a… Continue reading Golden Threads from Heaven – one small step towards reconciliation

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Gault site research pushes back date of earliest North Americans

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Research in Texas in 2018 uncovers an earlier group of humans under the Clovis layer. While the earliest migrations were considered to be roughly 13,000 years ago over the Bering landbridge during the last Ice Age, this settlement is dating at 16,000 to 20,000 years ago. This opens up the possibility that there were earlier… Continue reading Gault site research pushes back date of earliest North Americans