
S4: Crash Course on Kanata
The Secret Life of Canada
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Reclaiming Indigenous Place Names in Canada
In the spirit of indigenous history month and getting to know the real history of place names in canada, we could visit a couple of places that are reclaiming indigenous place names. A lot of this renaming work has been taken on by hayden king and suzann blight. On the west coast, the niska final agreement changed 34 place names back into niska language. There's also an amazing squamish atlas that lets the user click on different landmarks, waterways and islands,. that links to the original name and gives facts.
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