The Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, ON is a building full of history and education on the biases of Indigenous knowledge.  The building itself is going to be the topic of discussion for this blog post and will help provide insight to the public as to what the importance of this historical educational centrr. This building falls under the public history sub-discipline of Indigenous history. The building that resides within Brantford was established in 1972 upon the closure of the Mohawk Institute Residential School.

The decision to focus on the entire building rather than a certain artifact or piece within the centre is that there are over 50,000 artifacts within the museum collection and it is one of the largest that is managed and administered by Indigenous peoples. The fact that this building and museum is run by Indigenous peoples helps to aid in the education that will be received throughout the course of the museum, and allows you to hear first-hand stories and knowledge on the importance of these artifacts. The unfortunate circumstances of what events have occurred throughout Canada with residential schools are now being used for educational purposes to ensure that Canadians are aware of what happened within our country so history does not repeat itself.