“It’s Our Country”: First Nations’ Participation in the Indian Pavilion at Expo 67

• Published in: Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
• Main Authors: Rutherdale, Myra, Miller, Jim
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Canadian Historical Association/La Société historique du Canada 2006
• Subjects: Canada; Indian; Newcomer; First Nations; Premières Nations
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/016594ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/016594ar

This paper traces the history of Aboriginal people’s participation in national spectacle and argues that the Indian Pavilion at Expo 67 was unique in its assertion of the portrayal of Native/Newcomer relations. Historians have interpreted the impact of the Indian Pavilion as an event that awakened n...