Indigenous groups challenge ’colonialist mentality’ in new Quebecois museum

Premier Legault said that the museum will focus specifically on the history of the French-speaking Quebecois but will also discuss Indigenous contributions

QUEBEC — Several Indigenous groups are calling on the Quebec government to distance itself from the “colonialist mentality” as it designs a new $92-million history museum project in the provincial capital.

The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador, the First Nations Education Council and an Innu cultural centre — Institut Tshakapesh — made their feelings known about the project in a brief submitted about a government bill to create the museum.