Battle Grounds PB Treaty Week Anthropologist William N Fenton reports

Anthropologist William N Fenton reports on the provenance and cultural history of a condolence cane collected about 1920 from Six Nations of the Grand River and deposited with the Cranbrook Institute of Science

along with other women

and Abel Fiddler

and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Chris Mcleod (Métis Nation of Ontario)

Battle Grounds PB Treaty Week Anthropologist William N Fenton reportsBattle Grounds: The Canadian Military and Aboriginal Lands is a fascinating historical study of the use of First Nations lands by the Canadian military. Over the years the Canadian war effort grows with each new world conflict. This situation has led to an increase in the misuse of First Nations lands by the Canadian government. In this case study of the Canadian military's appropriation of reserve land, the author, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, recounts