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1600 Attwandaron Rd. N6G 3M6 London, ON, Canada

I thought some of you might be interested in this online talk by Patricia Crown.

Looking for more Zooming? Don't forget, this Thursday @ 7:30 is the digital meeting for our Ottawa Chapter. The talk is on Dating Iroquoia by Dr. Jennifer Birch of the University of Georgia. Don't miss it! Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/events/342288623876116

To our OBHS members and supporters...We need you to share our upcoming High School Conference #LeadersofTomorrow. Are you a grade 10, 11 or 12 student? Join us ...virtually on Nov. 27. Register https://eventbrite.ca/e/leaders-of-tomorrow-high-school-con Parents/Guardians are welcome! #TorontoCommunityFoundation See more

Public Influenza Notice - London (Ont) Board of Health Jan 1920 source - London Advertiser Newspaper via https://www.canadiana.ca/

This is very sad news....

We're honoured this week to make sure we recognize many of those from Buxton who decided to take the step to fight for their country. Between profiles, pictures..., or something as simple as putting their name out there, we hope you will celebrate alongside with us! And, to start us off this year: James Newby! See more

WWII D-Day Veteran Les Brown and WWII Veteran John Olbey honoured by the Chatham Kent Black Historical Society for their service. Les Brown passed away at 92 in September of this year.

#RememberanceDay Oliver Milton Martin was a Mohawk man from Six Nations who became the first Indigenous brigadier in Canada and later in life, the first Indigen...ous magistrate in Ontario. Before serving in the First World War, he was a teacher in Toronto. He began serving the military in 1909 as a bugler. In 1916 he became a Lieutenant with the 114th Infantry Battalion which included members from the Six Nations reserve as well as from other reserves across Canada. During WWI he was posted in England, France and Belgium, where he survived a gas attack. In 1918 he became a pilot for the Royal Flying Corps. During the interwar period, he returned to teaching in Toronto and soon became a principal. At the start of WWII, he returned to serve, this time training soldiers. He was promoted to colonel and then to brigadier, the highest rank any indigenous soldier has ever earned. In 1944 he retired at the age of 51 and returned to Toronto and became appointed the provincial magistrate for the York, Halton and Peel region, becoming the first Indigenous person to hold a judicial post in Ontario. Today we remember him and all veterans who have fought for our country. #LestWeForget : Library and Archives Canada

#ThrowbackThursday #CKBHSThrowbackThursday It is time for another Throwback Thursday photograph. If you have any history, information, or stories about anyone y...ou see in our Throwback Thursday series we would love if you'd share them with us! Chatham's British Methodist Episcopal Church, Victoria Chapel before it was demolished. (BME Church)

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Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters Imagine being ripped away from your family as a child, never experiencing love on a daily basis. Imagine being a parent who choses to not share traditional knowledge and language in order to protect your children from harm. Listening is integral to this whole process...hear the words of Louise Longclaws.

Family Ties: Rev. Ball & Family This is an 1885 Visiting Card photo of the Reverend Richard Amos Ball and family. Members of the family performed musically at c...hurch events. Pictured, l-r: Minnie, Mary (Mrs. Ball), Sophie (front), Charles, Fred, Rev. Richard Amos, and Winnie. The Rev. Ball was born in St. Catharines, the son of Henry Ball and Sophia Hussey. Henry Ball was a fugitive slave from Virginia who had fled to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Sophia was from Liverpool, England. For more information on Rev. Ball, visit our blog post: Know Your Neighbours: Reverend Richard Amos Ball.

In August 2018, CCI began the conservation treatment of a delta-winged test vehicle that had been recovered from Lake Ontario under an archaeological permit. Th...e recovery project was led by the OEX Recovery Group Incorporated for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and the National Air Force Museum of Canada. The conservation treatment was multidisciplinary, involving Archaeological Conservators Tara Grant and Kate Sullivan, Metals Conservator Monique Benoit and Conservation Scientist Nancy Binnie. As part of the documentation, Senior Scientific Documentation Technologist Mylène Choquette put together two short videos showing the overhead and side views of the telemetry board. Due to its size, the telemetry board was X-rayed in two separate sections (left and right). The two radiographs were then digitally stitched together to show the object in its entirety. The same view was photographed under normal light, in a single shot. The two imaging techniques were superimposed one over the other in Adobe Photoshop. This slow transition from normal light photography to radiography provides a better understanding of the components and circuits. In addition, scientific Documentation Technologist Germain Wiseman produced a time-lapse video that showcases the treatment, which began with cleaning on August 13, 2018, and ended with paint consolidation on March 28, 2019. Two GoPro HERO6 cameras mounted above the delta test vehicle captured an image every 30 seconds. The cameras ran 24 hours a day, producing nearly 660,000 still images.

Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters Imagine being a child and growing up hating the colour of your skin?

Today is Orange Shirt Day, a day we acknowledge and remember the devastating legacy of Residential Schools on Indigenous people, their families and their communities. While we can all name the day, wear the shirts and make a call out on Facebook, the only way to fully grasp what this day means is to listen to the stories of survivors, understand and acknowledge their pain. Use the day to do more than acknowledge, join the efforts of reconciliation and find a way to help th...e healing. http://www.trc.ca/ https://woodlandculturalcentre.ca/the-campaign/

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More plaques! Also, just a reminder: Peter Street and Russell Street here in Windsor are his namesakes, too.

I am calling for Jarvis Street, named for a slaveholding family in early York, to be renamed after the Blackburns. Thornton and Lucie fled Kentucky slavery and ...started Toronto's first taxi business. They contributed to the antislavery cause, and helped many freedom-seekers start new lives. It was courageous, hard-working people like the Blackburns who helped built Toronto as we know it today. Their story is told in my book, "I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad," published in 2007 See more

170 years ago today, this legislation, which made it much more dangerous for formerly enslaved people to remain in the northern United States, was passed. It le...d to a major increase in Underground Railroad journeys to Canada and propelled many free people of colour to emigrate, too. In places like Windsor, Sandwich, or other points in Essex County, the Black population grew exponentially. Here’s what Natasha Henry has written about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. See more

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Hello everyone! Today we have some fantastic news for all of you who have been asking about when we’re opening. We’re happy to announce that we will be opened s...tarting TOMORROW! How will that look? First, you will need to BOOK AHEAD OF TIME either through here on Facebook, our number at 519-352-4799, or our email at [email protected]. For September, we will be opened Wednesday Sunday, and will have three bookable slots per day. These time slots are 10:30, 12:30, and 2:30. Tours will last 50 minutes maximum and you will be with a guide for the entirety of your visit here. At this time, we will take tours with no more than ten people. When you are booked in, we will ask you a small series of questions, including ways to contact you and where you will be visiting from. WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING WALK-INS AT THIS TIME! Secondly, masks will be mandatory for all visitors! If you do not have a mask, one will be available to purchase for $3. Sanitization stations will be made available throughout the museum. Debit or credit is preferred. Your safety and the safety of our staff is paramount!

We are pleased to announce Brandon Doxtator is speaking on Zoom Sunday Sept 13th at 3pm as part of London Regional Social Forum. His talk is called: "Challenge...s and solutions to addressing long term boil water advisories in Indigenous Communities- addressing water infrastructure issues on the Oneida Nation of the Thames." RSVP to https://londonregionsocialforum.wildapricot.org/ The Oneida Nation of the Thames is a Haudenosaunee community located 25km outside of London ON. Water testing has identified that due to infrastructure issues, the community does not meet the standards set out by either the federal or provincial drinking water guidelines since 2006. Since september 2019, Oneida has been on an official long term boil water advisory (LTBWA) as determined by the federal government. This presentation will look at the facts behind LTBWA's, the roadblocks to getting on that list and solutions to addressing water issues locally and nation-wide. Brandon Doxtator is a 25 year old bear clan member from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Brandon currently sits on the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) Youth Council, and is employed by the Oneida Nation of the Thames as the Environment and Consultation Coordinator and for the Carolinian Canada Coalition as an Indigenous Leadership Coordinator. Brandon sits on the newly formed Onyota'a:ka Kahsatsta^'sla' Ltd. (OK Ltd.) Board, which is dedicated to providing long-term sustainable energy solutions for the Oneida Nation. In 2016, Brandon served a two year term as an Elected Councillor for the Oneida Nation of the Thames, and ever since has been passionate about working with youth, and protecting and enhancing critical habitat within Southwestern Ontario. Through his school, personal and work experience, Brandon works closely with his nation on various issues including archaeology, environmental stewardship, and consultation practices and protocols.