Innu Nation axes exhibit, says N.L. government believes ‘fringe theory’ about history

By Sarah Smellie The Innu Nation in Labrador has cancelled an important cultural exhibit after it accused the provincial government of disputing the Innu’s account of their own history. Innu Cultural Guardian Jodie Ashini says she got a call from officials with the provincial art gallery days before the Innu Pakassiun exhibit was set to open in Labrador on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Ashini says the art gallery team relayed the wishes of the provincial government that the exhibit not include an Innu timeline, nor make any links between the stone tools on display and the Innu. University s…