A First Anishinabe Archaeological Field School in Ottawa

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The first Anishinabe archaeological field school took place in Ottawa, Canada in 2021. It was triggered by the recovery of a pre-contact stone knife during an excavation in 2019 at the Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Funded by Indigenous Services Canada’s Strategic Partnership Initiative, the project was led by the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation and the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, with the support of the Public Service and Procurement Canada, the National Capital Commission and the Canadian Museum of History. An excavation took place in Vincent Massey Park, at the BiFw-101 site, which represents Woodland and Archaic occupations. Nine young adults from both Indigenous communities learned archaeological field methods, followed by two weeks of training in the laboratory for the treatment of recovered artifacts. This Indigenous community-based initiative aimed to provide both communities opportunities to develop their capacities for taking the leadership and the management of archaeological research in the National Capital Region and around their community

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36405.0