Innu Development Corporation Withdraws From Expo Labrador - VOCM
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When a museum demands an Indigenous group endorse the province's preferred historical narrative, it exposes how institutions can weaponize "official history" to silence competing voices.
Epistemic InjusticeNarrative PowerCultural HegemonyInstitutional Gatekeeping
Theory Briefing
- The Innu Development Corporation withdrew from Expo Labrador after being told their exhibit must support the province's own theory of Innu history.
- This clash reveals how dominant institutions can gatekeep whose version of history gets public legitimacy and space.
- The Innu's refusal to comply illustrates epistemic resistance — rejecting an imposed narrative in favor of self-determined historical identity.