Author of the article: Justin Bell
Publishing date: Jun 03, 2021  â¢Â 1 hour ago  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â A canoeist flies the Treaty 6 flag while boating on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Crown and the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other band governments signed in 1876 at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt. Photo by Ian Kucerak Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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Names are important: they have the power to welcome and invite, or they can act as gatekeepers and tell others they donât belong.
What we choose to call various roads, parks and facilities in the city is the main focus of a new online exhibit at the City of Edmonton Archives. Curated by archivist Tim OâGrady, Naming Edmonton looks at the history of how things got their current monikers. The main focus of the exhibit is on the turn of the 20th century, when and how naming became a hot pol
Author of the article: Justin Bell
Publishing date: Jun 03, 2021  â¢Â 2 hours ago  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â A canoeist flies the Treaty 6 flag while boating on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Crown and the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other band governments signed in 1876 at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt. Photo by Ian Kucerak Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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Names are important: they have the power to welcome and invite, or they can act as gatekeepers and tell others they donât belong.
What we choose to call various roads, parks and facilities in the city is the main focus of a new online exhibit at the City of Edmonton Archives. Curated by archivist Tim OâGrady, Naming Edmonton looks at the history of how things got their current monikers. The main focus of the exhibit is on the turn of the 20th century, when and how naming became a hot po
Author of the article: Justin Bell
Publishing date: Jun 03, 2021  â¢Â 1 hour ago  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â A canoeist flies the Treaty 6 flag while boating on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Crown and the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other band governments signed in 1876 at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt. Photo by Ian Kucerak Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
Article content
Names are important: they have the power to welcome and invite, or they can act as gatekeepers and tell others they donât belong.
What we choose to call various roads, parks and facilities in the city is the main focus of a new online exhibit at the City of Edmonton Archives. Curated by archivist Tim OâGrady, Naming Edmonton looks at the history of how things got their current monikers. The main focus of the exhibit is on the turn of the 20th century, when and how naming became a hot pol