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  • A Residential School Survivor’s Story of Survival and Resilience: AUDIO INTERVIEW

    Rayna Gopaul

    “…first night for supper….he put a plate in front of me and I said “Mahsi!” In my language, thank you….

  • Tokens of Remembrance: Indigenous Faces in Edmonton’s Beaux Arts Architecture, 1907-1930

    Cole Hawkins

    Disclaimer: Due to the importance around the legal designation of Indian status, this article sometimes uses the term “Indian” to…

  • Pondering Pehonan

    Rob Houle

    In amiskwaciwaskahikan (Edmonton), when you examine the current state of Indigenous relations, initiatives and heritage, one cannot help but be…

  • The “Grand Lady of the Métis:” Dr. Anne Anderson’s mission to preserve the Cree language

    Bruce Cinnamon

    When Dr. Anne Anderson was born on a river lot farm east of St. Albert in 1906, she was so…

  • Rev. Robert Rundle: The Missionary and his Cat

    Neil Cramer

    The history of missionaries as they relate to the development of post-contact Canada is long, complicated, and often very emotional,…

  • Nellie Carlson and the Indian Rights for Indian Women movement

    Bruce Cinnamon

    Disclaimer: Due to the importance around the legal designation of Indian status, this article sometimes uses the term “Indian” to…

  • Reconciling Edmonton

    Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

    Too often Edmonton’s story is presented as one of pioneers, homesteaders and settlement where Indigenous Peoples are relegated to the…