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Crooked knife blades were some of the earliest trade goods brought to North America from Europe by the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Hudson’s Bay Company employee George Simpson McTavish Jr., the son of a Scottish fur trader, brought back a pair of moccasins from Fort Churchill around 1887.

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An historical film from Hollywood's golden age — about fur trading?

An ulu with a slate cutting edge might have been used to scrape animal skins, to chop meat, and to make clothing.

Book Review: Eileen Delehanty Pearkes draws on a variety of sources to document the past and present of the Sinixt First People residing along the Upper Columbia River.

Cover story: Remembrance Revitalized: How grassroots groups are bringing veteran's stories to life. Plus: Treasures of the fur trade, landmark auto strike, border business and archaeological reckoning.

Many Canadians have stories that wind back to families with Indigenous heritage in both Africa and what is now Canada.

Book review: This is the first book to document the history of the Indian day school at Curve Lake First Nation, about 25 kilometres northeast of Peterborough, Ontario.

Book review: The book’s biggest strength is its poignant writing, which helps lay bare the complexity of colonial structures and demands urgent change.