After years of petitions and complaints, the head of Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial museum network has committed to changing the name of the Mary March Provincial Museum in Grand Falls-Windsor. Anne Chafe, the interim CEO of The Rooms, said the change was identified as part of a process to decolonize the institution. Mary March is an English name given to Demasduit, a Beothuk woman who was taken captive by Englishman John Peyton Jr. in 1819. Both Barker and Mi'sel Joe, Sagamaw of the Miawpukek First Nation, believe Mary March should be dropped from the museum, in favour of Demasduit. (Garrett Barry/CBC)Barker said he believes something should be done to reopen a Beothuk recreation site, that had a short life behind the Mary March museum in the 1980s.

Source: CBC News June 21, 2020 08:26 UTC