Did you know that Indigenous connection to the land we now call Toronto as well as Lake Ontario dates back at least 12,000 years?
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About The Artwork
In 2019 Elder Duke Redbird purchased a houseboat and transformed it into a floating art installation called the Wigwam-Chi Chemung.
Continue readingLand Acknowledgements With Lindy & Leslie
Back in January we hosted a virtual land acknowledgement workshop.
Continue readingWigwam Chi-chemung Powwow Dance Workshop
As part of the Summer’s Wigwam Chi-Chemung programming, Myseum of Toronto and Elder Duke presented an online participatory experience examining the significance of dance in Indigenous culture, and an opportunity to learn Powwow dance.
Continue readingDerailed: Toronto
Learn more about Toronto and Union Station as the centre of emerging Canada.
Continue readingSaving Little Jamaica: In Conversation With Cadence Weapon
We Recently Sat Down (At A Safe Distance) With Award-winning Canadian Rapper And Writer Rollie Pemberton Aka Cadence Weapon, Who Wrote An Article In Hazlitt Titled Saving Little Jamaica.
Continue readingAsk an Elder: Indigenous and Immigrant Reflections on Canada’s History of Genocide
A part of Museum of Toronto’s Ask an Elder series with Elder Duke Redbird, a participant reflects with Duke on Canada’s history of genocide.
Continue readingWigwam Chi-chemung In Conversation With Duke Redbird And David Crombie
A conversation between Duke Redbird & former Mayor David Crombie that reflected on Toronto’s history & Indigenous/Settler relations.
Continue readingA Panel Discussion on the History of Black Railway Porters in Canada
This panel discussion is a part of Museum of Toronto’s award-winning digital exhibition Derailed: the History of Black Railway Porters in Canada.
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