The Fort la Reine Museum is showcasing a couple new exhibits from the Canadian Language Museum in Ontario.

Madison Connolly, executive director for the museum, says the two exhibits are designed to shine a light on the positives and negatives seen by Indigenous peoples throughout Canada. She goes into detail on what the exhibits look to teach specifically.

"The first one is called 'Beyond Words' and it is all about the history and some of the positive and negative attributes of employing dictionaries as a tool to learn Indigenous languages," explains Connolly. "It goes into some of the more contentious histories, like how dictionaries were used as devices for cultural assimilation on behalf of missionaries in the church to assimilate Indigenous peoples into more of a Euro-Canadian culture."

She adds dictionaries were one of the means to strip Indigenous people of their language, so it's a nice bit of turnaround to see dictionaries helping to keep the languages and cultures alive. She explains what it's like to be a part of what feels like a step in the right direction.

"It's fantastic, I'm so proud of this community how so many different organizations with so many different mandates have come together," notes Connolly. "History has played a huge role in understanding racial divides in our country, and so having a part in that is really important, not only for us but for their community as a whole."

The last day of the regular fall season for the museum is October 17, after that, they'll take a short break then return for the holiday season. To learn more about the Fort la Reine Museum, click here.