Indian Country & Beyond

However, the relationship between Irish people and First Nations in what is now Canada was not always positive.

Dr Redbird described the Irish settlers that first arrived on indigenous land as "treacherous".

"They were taking everything that they could," he said. "They were involved in the slave trade.

"The ones that came after the famine were much better."

There’s so much good information in that article. But I think it’s important for us to remember that our ancestors were not all innocent when they arrived in the Americas.

I cherish the connection between Ireland and the tribes of Turtle Ireland that remains to this day.