By Rosalind Russell – Parks Canada is providing funding for the preservation of a local First Nation site.
Terry Sheehan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and Seniors, and Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, announced $177,000 in funding for Garden River First Nation, Mississauga First Nation and Thessalon First Nation for knowledge gathering the Indigenous history of Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site.
Mississauga First Nation Chief Brent Niganobe says his home nation says the project is important in having local history told by Mississauga people and their contributions to the Nation should be recognized as such.
He adds as an original signer to the Fort St. Joseph treaty, they appreciated Fort St. Joseph staff working together in sharing local history.
Three separate contribution agreements provide support to each First Nation to gather research from National Archives, interviewing elders, and inventorying archaeological objects from the Fort St Joseph collection, which will be shared at the site once compiled over the next few years.
Photos provided by the of Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site archives.
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