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S3: The Indian Pavilion at Expo 67 (Part 2)

The Secret Life of Canada

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The First Nations Are Saying That the Land Was Bare and Nobody Owned It

i wanted to make sure that i got all the names of the women who were hostesses, every one i could find who was listed. Our script editor, avete nolan, when i told her i was working on the show, she said, my aunt was a hostess for the pavilion. And i could find no record of her aunt as a hostess. So when i contacted barbara wilson, things became clearer. You know, people don't want to think that this land belonged to someone before they got here. How could you accept the things that the first nations are saying if you want to believe that the land was bare and nobody owned it?

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