HEAR OUR VOICES: Michel People and Residential Schools (“HOV”) is an exhibit that documents the devastating and traumatic intergenerational effects of Canada’s Indian Residential School system on the people of the former Michel Indian Band No. 472.
For some people of the former Michel Band No. 472, this is the first opportunity to share their experiences outside of their immediate families.
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“We wanted to document and be a witness to those Michel People who survived Residential School. We also want everyone to understand the impact Residential Schools had, not only on Survivors, but on Michel people who came after,”.
— Maureen Callihoo Ligtvoet
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“We [Michel People] need context of why we are here, how we got here. Let’s release the shackles of the past. We are not tied to them,”.
— Dayle Callihoo-Campbell
Current Exhibits
Little White School House
2 Madonna Dr, St. Albert, AB T8N 2M2
July 8, 2026 - October 2, 2026
Fort Heritage Precinct
#104, 10004 100 Ave Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 1V9
July 5, 2026 – September 30, 2026
Upcoming Exhibits
St. Albert Musée Histoire
Date: TBD
Previous Exhibits
Edmonton City Hall
November 2024 - May 2025
St. Albert Musée Histoire
June 2024 - October 2024
From October 2022 to January 2023, 33 Michel People shared their experiences with Residential Schools as part of the Friends of Michel Society’s Residential School Memorialization Project. We are so grateful to those Michel People who chose to share their stories.
Documenting the truth about Residential Schools is both timely and necessary for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike. The Friends of Michel Society invites you to hear our voices. The exhibition will provide information about Residential Schools and will focus on those institutions where Michel children were taken.
