Timeless

 The Canadian History Hall is divided up into three galleries. The first goes from time immemorial to the end of the French and Indian War. It begins with the Anishinaabe creation story, told audibly in that language with English and French subtitles on the bottom of the screen.

What we know of the ancient past in Canada comes from indigenous oral tales and archaeological work.

Spear points and tools are signs of early human presence in the Americas.

There remains debate as to how long we've been here, or the routes we took.

In what became known as the Great Plains, the bison was everything to First Nations peoples.

This bison skull is displayed with spear points.