In this post I will be talking about an interesting puzzle concerning the origin and use of some fascinating government records that were recently transferred to us here in the […]
Over two years ago, the Region of Peel Archives at PAMA in Ontario discovered in our collections a document of great historical and cultural importance to the Lakota people of […]
This story is made of many stories, as stories always are. There is my story, as I gradually uncovered the depth of loss within a single family during the First […]
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” James Baldwin In this post I want to share some […]
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur […]
Peeling the Past 