Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology

Congratulations to IPIA PhD candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier and Director Dr. Kisha Supernant on their new article discussing foodways and identity at Métis hivernant sites in western Canada! 🎉🎉🎉

Women’s Work: Foodways and Ethnic Identity among Nineteenth-Century Overwintering Métis in Western Canada - International Journal of Historical Archaeology The question of Métis ethnic identity has been of interest to archaeologists for over half a century, but explorations of this topic have remained limited. In this paper, we present a new approach to Métis ethnic identity in archaeology that is based on the concept of foodways, using the example o...

The IPIA has a booth at Back to Batoche! Come visit, learn about Metis archaeology, and participate in Maria Nelson's Masters research on Metis Deathscapes. We'll be here 10-5 everyday!

Hot off the presses 📣 A new paper out today from IPIA PhD students Solène Mallet Gauthier and Liam Wadsworth, about using remote sensing methods at Chimney Coulee and what that might suggest for using remote sensing more broadly in Canadian archaeology!

Survey Déjà Vu: Lessons Learned from the Archaeological Re-mapping of a Métis Overwintering Settlement | Canadian Archaeological Association / Association canadienne d'archéologie 1 Corresponding author: Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology/Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, 13-15 HM Tory Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4, Canada2 Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology/Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, 13-15 HM Tory Building,....

“The new grant falls into the community-led work that IPIA is known for,” explains Supernant, “but I would note that this funding is not designed to make residential schools into research sites. Rather, we are locating non-Indigenous burial places to use to advance research so we can do a better job of serving communities looking for their children.”

Check out this new article about the recent SSHRC Partnership Grant awarded to the CAA Working Group on Unmarked Graves!

https://www.ualberta.ca/arts/faculty-news/2024/06-june/bringing-the-children-home.html

We would like to share our statement reflecting on the 3rd anniversary of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc findings of unmarked graves. Find the statement at the link below:

Statement on the 3rd anniversary of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc findings of unmarked graves On May 27th, 2021, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced their preliminary findings of 200potential unmarked graves on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. As wereflect on this discovery three years on, we honor the memories of the children who neverreturned home and acknowledge the...

A great little article about the CAA Working Group's recent recogition with a Governor General Innovation Award!

The Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves receives Governor General's Innovation Award The announcement came from the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) at the end of April: The recipients of the ninth annual Governor General Innovation Award (GGIA) include The Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves (CAAWGUG), chaired by Dr. Kisha Supernant — director of the ...

Join us in congratulating the CAA Working Group on Unmarked Graves, Chaired by IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant, for receiving a Governor General's Innovation Award!

Learn more at the link:

The Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves (CAAWG) - Governor General’s Innovation Awards Share this Share it with facebook Share it with twitter Share it with email Alberta The Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves (CAAWG) Nominated by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Year: 2024 About the Innovation The Canadian Archeological Association W...

Check out this new article in Scientific American, written by IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant!

An Indigenous Archaeologist’s Journey to Find the Lost Children

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-indigenous-archaeologists-journey-to-find-the-lost-children/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1h3-NKsljgEfX0Z7jA9hHcmTtVxapZPNcianJUMvRNyg9pue6Nt5tA1ks_aem_AcXr3lM0J4fftWtKgwbjY5VENP2SgZhk4jxUq1lYkb-ixRqU56FZtQKHb6mjA3FZ8iYsZWfsZeo3T8thxOvIVR-m

Learn a new skill next Saturday with beading instructor Maria ! This course is perfect for beginners. Learn how to bead using a single needle and a simple edging technique to finish your keychain using colours of your choice. All materials will be provided— no experience is required. Register using link in bio. .albertfurther

The Indigenous Heritage Circle is hiring for a hybrid (Ottawa and online) part-time operations manager. See the details below for information about the position and how to apply:

“The question of the survivors is a really central one…(and) we recognize the importance of this work being survivor-centred and survivor-led." IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant was interviewed about last week's National Knowledge Sharing Event

Knowledge event held to share lessons learned in search for unmarked graves at residential schools Dr. Kisha Supernant says there's an important balancing act that must be met when it comes to engaging with survivors of Indian residential schools. She took time out from presenting March 6 at the National Knowledge Sharing Event on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Graves held in R...

The deadline for applications has been extended to January 30!

On January 18 2-5 pm (MT), the Indigenous Graduate Students Association is hosting a talk on campus with Dr. Sean Carleton on identifying and confronting residential school denialism. The talk is free to attend and refreshments are provided!

The IPIA has summer 2024 internship opportunities for Indigenous undergrad students, on two projects overseen by our director Dr. Kisha Supernant. For more information and applications (closing Jan 26), visit the I-STEAM Pathways website:
https://isteam-pathways.ualberta.ca/

IPIA PhD Candidate Liam Wadsworth is at it again, with another new open access article out in a special issue of Archaeological Prospection! You can read it at this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/arp.1920

Virtual talk alert! On November 30 you can hear IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant talking about Mètis data sovereignty in this *free* virtual event! Registration is required at the link below!

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpce6qqzgsGNGvIHaTe0hO6N15exNlpPFy #/registration

New article about IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant's role heading one of seven working groups under the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS)!

U of A archaeologist brings community-based approach to Indigenous archaeology - The Gateway In an international research project, a U of A archaeologist is combining Indigenous and Western knowledge in community-led research.

The snow hasn't fallen yet, so there's still time to squeeze a bit more fieldwork in! In this great photo IPIA scholars Dawn Wambold and Lyndsay Dagg survey a final site before the snow falls in Southern Alberta’s Porcupine Hills. (Photo credit: Robert Wambold)

There's a new, open access paper out now from IPIA PhD students Liam Wadsworth and Steph Halmhofer, and IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant talk about communications and miscommunications in archaeological prospection. Check out the article at the link below!

Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection Archaeological Prospection is an interdisciplinary archaeological journal covering all urban, rural and marine environments, and promoting international collaboration.

A great news article about the IPIA/St. Albert field school!

Field school findings reveal pieces of St. Albert's Métis history Dozens of beads, a French medicine bottle, and an artifact that pre-dates European contact are among the items unearthed by an archeological field school exploring the often overlooked history of Métis people in St. Albert.

IPIA PhD student Steph Halmhofer was on CBC Yukon yesterday to talk about her upcoming talk for Long Ago Yukon! You can find her interview here:

"What is old is new again" , using Indigenous history in conspiracy theories | Yukon Morning with Elyn Jones | Live Radio | CBC Listen "What is old is new again" isn't limited to fashion and style trends. The popularity of conspiracy theories, or at least the draw to them, also ebbs and flows. A researcher out of the University of Alberta will be sharing the how and why at a Whitehorse event this Saturday. Stephanie Halmhofer joine...

The IPIA is happy to endorse the work of the Indigenous Heritage Circle and its important mandate of supporting the revitalization of Indigenous heritage in the lands currently known as Canada.

The Indigenous Heritage Circle is pleased to share this letter of endorsement for our work prepared by the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology. We look forward to building our relationship with this great organization who has done some incredible work on community-engaged archaeology.