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Originally Posted by CoryB
I wonder if there might be a place for a national museum on Canada's indigenous peoples. Considering the history of Hudson's Bay there it would be a somewhat interesting reuse, Winnipeg has a high indigenous population, the current federal government leans towards giving indigenous peoples money for worth while projects, etc.
Having a museum would also not need some crazy redevelopment of the building like the commonly discussed donut model. It could also be a centre of excellence for the preservation of indigenous languages and basically build on the teaching/learning aspects.
Definitely way outside my wheelhouse on this one but it feels like there might be something to this idea if it had the right people behind it.
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As I said way back in 2020 it is way outside what I know about but is an idea that makes sense. Perhaps now with some funding from the Catholic Church towards a museum to tell the truth of residential schools, display artifacts from the Vatican collection, and to repatriate the records the church has from their time operating the residential schools.
Will be interesting to see tomorrow's announcement.