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Researchers say newly discovered archival records reveal an important connection between Ontario First Nations and Irish famine victims.

"At least 15 bands answered the call and requested that donations be deducted from their government annuities, added to the fund, and then sent to ‘our suffering fellow subjects and Christian brethren in Ireland and Scotland,’’ according to Mark McGowan’s research.

McGowan says the documents show Mohawks, Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations, Chippewa, Delaware, Wyandotte, and Mississauga peoples had donated £115, an amount equivalent to $12,426 today.

Redbird says while there may not be documentation of this, there have been oral stories shared of Indigenous communities adopting Irish children who lost their parents during the famine.

“This is about people responding to a situation not of their making, and the Indigenous nations that contributed were in bad circumstances themselves but they felt the compassionate impulse to help.”

Mckee calls the archival letters a major discovery and says it’s important to continue sharing this piece of history and honouring these contributions.

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