The Relocation of the Indigenous Community of South Indian Lake (1966-68): For an Alternative and Shared Inhabitation of Modern Architectural History

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lan, 2011). On the history of the South Indian Lake community, see the official website of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN): NCN, The History of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, accessed November 2, 2019, https://www.ncncree.com/ about-ncn/our-history/. 4 This article will later refer to Blanche Lemco simply as Lemco. Even if she was known after her marriage as Blanche Lemco Van Ginkel, this is done to avoid confusion with her husband Daniel van Ginkel, here reported as Van Ginkel. Known for her perceptive approach to urban planning and design, Blanche Lemco (b. 1923, London) was a pioneering woman in architecture and urban design. With her husband, Dutch and Canadian architect, urban planner, and educator Daniel van Ginkel (b. 1920, Amsterdam; d. 2009 Toronto), Lemco worked on several projects for the Canadian North. Together they studied the economy and development in the Yukon Territory (1966–67), the relocation of the Indigenous community of South Indian Lake in Manitoba (1966–68), and the impact of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline on Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories (1976). For the Van Ginkels’ work see, for example, Margaret Emily Hodges, “Blanche Lemco van Ginkel and H.P. Daniel van Ginkel: Urban Planning” (PhD diss., McGill University, 2004); Inderbir Singh Riar, “Expo 67, or the Architecture of Late Modernity” (PhD diss., Columbia University, 2014). 5 The report was published as: Van Ginkel Associates, with Hedlin, Menzies and Associates Ltd., Transition in THE RELOCATION OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF SOUTH INDIAN LAKE (1966–68):