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Friday, July 18, 2025
Exploring History: Six Nations Band of the 37th Regiment at Camp Niagara, c. 1908
This photograph shows the brass band of Six Nations warriors at Camp Niagara, which was very popular with the soldiers at camp as well as with the residents in town. SUPPLIED/NOTL MUSEUM PHOTO

In honour of June being National Indigenous History Month in Canada, today’s photograph shows a musical band of Six Nations warriors from Haldimand County’s 37th Militia Battalion. By the 1890s, warriors from Six Nations made up two companies of the 37th. This battalion attended Camp Niagara during the summer from time to time for training. This photograph shows the brass band, which was very popular with the soldiers at Camp as well as with the residents in town! Some of the men of the 37th saw action during the First World War.

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