Sept 1 In 2020, the federal government recognized residential schools as a National Historic Event. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister responsible for historic sites and monuments, said history has to tackle tough subjects as well as happy events. Chief Dennis Meeches of the Long Plain First Nation said the band hopes to open a national residential school museum near Portage la Prairie, Man. Sept 3 In 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson and his crew aboard the “Half Moon” entered present-day New York Harbor and began sailing up the river that now bears his name through Mohawk territory. (They reached present-day Albany before turning back.) Sept 4 In 1886, Geronimo and his Apache forces surrendered to the United States army at Skeleton Canyon, Ariz. In 1995, a splinter group of about 30 members…
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