Day Shoose pi la Tayr: Michif, Archaeology and their Relationship

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This presentation explores the preliminary findings of the author’s Masters research based in St. Adolphe, Manitoba, and looks at the relationship between the belongings found at the Delorme House site and the French-Michif language that was spoken in this area. Michif is a North American-based language creole consisting of French noun structures and Cree verb structures. It is primarily associated with Métis communities of Canada and the northern United States. This presentation will pull from Indigenous research methodologies including the Métis methodology of Keeuwaywin and Kitchen Table methodology, it will illustrate how language and archaeology can inform each other to create more inclusive and full interpretations of sites. Material culture and language are not separate in the modern day nor should they be treated as separate in historical archaeology and research.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025

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