On June 2nd we were honoured to visit with the Elder’s Circle at Kitigan Zibi to discuss the Morrisseau Project and to ask for advice about research directions and priorities.
Linda Grussani is a member of Kitigan Zibi and it was wonderful to have her along for our discussion in the circle. In addition to Linda, our group included Carmen, Ruth, Lisa, Stacy, Fran, and Kate.
It was an exciting day! There were many excellent ideas and stories from those who remembered meeting Morrisseau. The Elders suggested that in addition to involving Morrisseau’s children in the project more directly, that we might consider discussing Morrisseau’s time at the St. Joseph IRS in Spanish with someone who attended that school. We are looking into records that might be available through the TRC Archive in Winnipeg. We also took up their suggestion to post a community call out for stories about Morrisseau.