“What we’re seeing in the museum reflects a fundamental problem in Canada,” said Craig Benjamin, an indigenous rights campaigner for Amnesty International. “Canada has long turned a blind eye to extreme violations of indigenous people’s rights. Hopes have risen over his government’s inquiry into the murders and disappearances of indigenous women, and his commitment to further incorporate indigenous rights into Canadian law. Other government programs forcibly sterilized indigenous women and put more than 16,000 aboriginal children up for adoption by white families. PhotoIts largest gallery, Canadian Journeys, examines the “steps and missteps on the road to greater rights for everyone in Canada,” according to the museum’s marketing materials.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2016 13:31 UTC