Staff at the Aurora College South Slave Research Centre are putting out feelers in the community of Fort Smith, N.W.T., asking if local artists and creators would like a Makerspace.
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In the 1970s, a man from southern California snapped hundreds of photographs of people who lived in and around the N.W.T. community. Now, over 50 years later, they are back in Fort Smith and on display.
Posted: May 21, 2021 11:43 AM CT | Last Updated: May 21
A man walks in front of the Salt River First Nation Business and Conference Centre in Fort Smith, N.W.T., pictured in 2019.(Mario Di Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
For a lifetime, families displaced by a catastrophic landslide have lived in homes built on land they couldn t buy or sell, but in a historic move, the title will now be transferred from Canada to Salt River First Nation families.
In 1968, a landslide changed the face of Fort Smith forever, and displaced Salt River First Nation families onto lands where they built new homes. But as it was designated Indian Affairs Branch (IAB) land, they didn t own it.