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By\u00a0 Kimberly De Jong, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Around 200 residents attended Wilfrid Laurier University\u2019s inaugural MarketFest: In Peace and Friendship event in Brantford\u2019s One Market atrium on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, 2024. Darren Thomas, Laurier\u2019s associate vice president of Indigenous Initiatives and associate professor of Indigenous Studies, said that the overall idea for the event came from the history surrounding the One Market building (formerly the Eaton Market Square Mall). \u201cThis is an idea we came up with because of the historic ties to this land because originally, this land was ceded by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to be a public market for mutual benefit.\u201d he said. \u201cSomewhere along the line, the Haudenosaunee farmers were actually displaced and were no longer allowed to come and sell, and… <\/p>\n

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By\u00a0 Kimberly De Jong, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Around 200 residents attended Wilfrid Laurier University\u2019s inaugural MarketFest: In Peace and Friendship event in Brantford\u2019s One Market atrium on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, 2024. Darren Thomas, Laurier\u2019s associate vice president of Indigenous Initiatives and associate professor of Indigenous Studies, said that the overall idea for the event came from the history surrounding the One Market building (formerly the Eaton Market Square Mall). \u201cThis is an idea we came up with because of the historic ties to this land because originally, this land was ceded by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to be a public market for mutual benefit.\u201d he said. \u201cSomewhere along the line, the Haudenosaunee farmers were actually displaced and were no longer allowed to come and sell, and... <\/p>\n

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