Ancestral Algonquin remains likely ended up in bricks and mortar of Parliament Buildings: Global Centre for Pluralism report

The Global Centre for Pluralism digs deeper into land acknowledgements in a new report outlining Ottawa's sordid colonial history.
The construction of the original Parliament Buildings in 1865. Sand used in the mortar for these buildings was sourced from the site of an ancient Algonquin burial ground.
The remains of Algonquin ancestors are likely embedded in the mortar of the original Parliament Buildings, because the sand used for the buildings came from a confirmed ancient Algonquin burial site across the Ottawa River, according to a report released by the Global Centre for Pluralism, which urg...

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