1700s

A treaty from the 1700s allowed these 2 Sask. Indigenous women to enlist in the U.S. military

These two Indigenous women veterans from Saskatchewan were able to serve in the U.S. Navy and Airforce because of the Jay Treaty, a 1794 agreement that allows some First Nations people to travel freely across the Canada-U.S. border for employment, study, retirement, investing and immigration.



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1700s

1793 Bible, 1700s Cedar Chairs, 1800s Petticoat

A bible printed in 1793, a pair of Bermuda cedar chairs made between 1710-50, and a child’s petticoat worn in Bermuda between 1866-70 are among the latest acquisitions at the National Museum of Bermuda, which were described in the latest issue of MariTimes – the museum’s official magazine. According to the latest issue of the […]

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