![The HBC Point Blanket has been many things in its history - a valuable trade item, an emblem of Canada, rumoured as a carrier of disease, and a symbol of colonialism, says Amelia Fay, curator of the Hudsons Bay Company Museum collection at the Manitoba Museum Amelia Fay](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6600992.1664476859!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/amelia-fay.jpeg)
The Hudson's Bay Foundation and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund have announced that net proceeds from the sale of HBC's famed striped wool blankets will now provide support for Indigenous cultural, artistic and educational activities through a newly launched initiative.
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