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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Guelph's Founding Story
DESCRIPTION:Guelph Museums is in the process of decolonization through the restructuring of our colonialist framework and by collaborating meaningfully with First Nations\, Inuit and Métis Peoples. We are committed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and we strive to initiate dialogues and create safe spaces for truth telling. These guiding principles inform all that we do at Guelph Museums. \n\nIn the 1850s and 1860s\, provincial and university-based museums were created across Upper Canada; however\, after Confederation in 1867\, the government began to recognize the value of national collections in encouraging exploration and resource development—effectively tools of colonization. During this period the National Museums of Canada were established including the National Museum of Man (1856)\, the National Gallery of Canada (1880)\, and the Canadian Museum of Nature (1905)\, among others. \nCanada’s centennial in 1967 significantly increased public interest in Canadian heritage and was a pivotal moment in the growth of the museum sector. In 1968\, the National Museums Act and the National Museums of Canada Corporation focused on strengthening the role of all Canadian museums and establishing the government’s intentions for their future management and funding. \nIt was in this milieu that the Guelph Civic Museum was created to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then\, Guelph’s founding story has been told through the narrative of the Canada Company\, a colonization company that was chartered in 1825 and remained in operation until it sold its last parcel of land in the 1950s. Founded by John Galt (1779–1839)\, who became its first Superintendent\, the Canada Company was responsible for colonizing over two million acres of land on the shores of Lake Huron\, which became known as the Huron Tract. Galt arrived in Upper Canada in 1825\, founded the towns of Guelph and Goderich in 1827\, built a road between these “instant cities” in 1828\, and was recalled to Britain by May of 1829. \nThis version of our founding story implied that Galt and the Canada Company settled a vast and unpopulated wilderness and negated\, by omission\, the rich history of the Original Peoples who have lived on these lands for millennia\, as well as the atrocities enacted upon them by the same mechanisms of colonization that led to the establishment of our city and of this museum.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/decolonizing-guelphs-founding-story/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Indigenizing Galt
DESCRIPTION:Guelph Civic Museum was established in the 1960s to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then\, our founding story has been told through the narrative of the Canada Company. Founded by John Galt\, who became its first Superintendent\, the Canada Company is responsible for colonizing over two million acres of land on the shores of Lake Huron\, now known as the Huron Tract. This version of our founding story implies that Galt established Guelph on unpopulated land and negated\, by omission\, the local history of the Original Peoples. \nIndigenizing Galt includes a local history timeline which documents the actions of government\, of Mohawk leaders Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant\, 1743–1807) and Ahyonwaeghs (John Brant\, 1794–1832)\, and of Guelph’s founder John Galt (1779–1839)\, which continue to inform our present-day civic narrative. \nThe case also includes artifacts which until recently\, the Museum’s City Gallery (located on the 3rd floor) displayed as part of Guelph’s founding story\, told through a colonial narrative\, repositioned and their stories extended to further our collective learning.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/indigenizing-galt/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Lacrosse: The Creator's Game
DESCRIPTION:Dewa’áo’:gajíhgwa’e’ is the Cayuga Nation word for lacrosse\, which has multiple meanings: “they play with webbed sticks” and “to throw or pass the ball” and “hitting their hips. \nLacrosse was gifted to the Haudenosaunee Peoples (Cayuga\, Mohawk\, Oneida\, Onondaga\, and Seneca) from the Creator at the time of Creation. Other Indigenous Nations have their own Creation stories\, as well as different stories about how the game of lacrosse came to be. Today\, many variations of the game are played across Nations. \nIn the Haudenosaunee Creation story\, there was a place that lived above the clouds called Sky World. This land looked very much like our own\, where plants\, trees and people lived. The Chief of Sky World took care of the Tree of Light. Sky Chief and his wife\, Sky Woman\, were expecting a child. \nSky Woman was curious about the herbs that grew beneath the Tree of Light. Noticing a hole under the roots of the tree\, she leaned in to look closer and fell through\, towards the vast waters below. The Geese saw Sky Woman falling and they flew up to catch her. The Geese placed Sky Woman upon the Great Turtle’s back. \nSky Woman had the power to create land. She asked the animals if there was dirt. “Yes\,” they said\, “but far beneath the waters.” So the Beaver\, the Otter and the Muskrat dived into the water to retrieve some earth for Sky Woman. At last\, the Muskrat’s body surfaced with dirt clutched in his paw. Sky Woman made circular motions on the Turtle’s back with the dirt and began to dance. As she danced\, the earth grew. This is how North America became known as Turtle Island. \nSky Woman gave birth to a baby girl. Her daughter grew\, came of age\, and mysteriously became pregnant with twins. They fought furiously in her womb. The Creator – called the Good Minded twin – was born. His brother – the Bad Minded twin – left their mother’s body through her armpit\, killing her. The mother was buried into the earth\, which is why earth is called Mother Earth. \nSky Woman raised the twins and taught them the traditions of Sky World. One way to settle disputes was to play the game of Dewa’áo’:gajíhgwa’e’ (lacrosse). The twins competed to see who would “win the world.” They played for six days. The Bad Minded twin grew impatient and he tried to end his brother with a spear. The Creator (the Good Minded twin) subdued his brother with a deer’s antler. \nThe Creator said that fighting is not the way of the Good Mind. He said that lacrosse would be the way to settle all disputes. He very much enjoyed the sport and hoped the Peoples would play for his entertainment.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/lacrosse-the-creators-game/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Konnón:kwe
DESCRIPTION:Image: Amanda Strong\, How to Steal a Canoe\, 2015 (still from stop-motion animation) \nKonnón:kwe\, a Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk) word signifying “three or more women\,” speaks to the power of collective agency by Indigenous women artists. Themes of wellness\, community\, and environmental justice weave historic artifacts and contemporary fine art into an exhibition that invites visitors to consider Indigenous futurities in the local context. \nAs leaders who have held their ground though the centuries\, Indigenous women continue to shape wellness and self-determination in their homelands. Konnón:kwe is an exhibition of strength inherent in connection to land and people; it is the power of women’s responsibilities. Indigenous women artists in the Konnón:kwe exhibition reflect such leadership through multiple forms of expression including painting\, beadwork\, photography\, film\, storytelling and performance art. Together the works of artists including Amanda Strong\, Shelley Niro\, Christi Belcourt\, Nadya Kwandibens\, Tenille Campbell and the Kika’ige Historical Society evoke a conversation that begins among them and extends outwards to museum visitors. \nThe exhibition will engage the visiting public in conversation about the transformative possibilities when women of compelling Indigenous agency come together. \nKonnón:kwe is co-curated by Kim Anderson\, Chelsea Brant\, Brittany Luby\, and Cara Wehkamp\, a “three or more” collective of Indigenous women. \nThis exhibition runs concurrently with “Indianized” by Naomi Smith.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/konnonkwe/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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