Archival organizations guard the historical record, protecting documents that detail the path society has travelled, but what happens when that content is rife with outdated terms and distasteful labels damaging to Indigenous people?
One of the most significant archaeological digs in Manitoba's history is exposing a key element of Indigenous history, but the group heading the project says it's scraping to stay afloat due to chronic under funding by the province.
WINNIPEG A group representing archivists in Manitoba is calling on the City of Winnipeg to find a better home for its historical documents and archives. Tom Nesmith with the Association for Manitoba Archives says the current home for the archives, located at 50 Myrtle Street, is not an adequate place to store history dating back to the founding of the city, for multiple reasons. The city’s archives were previously located at the former Carnegie Library at William Avenue until 2013 when the building was damaged from major rainstorms. This necessitated the move of the records to the new location in a former warehouse.