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Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Check out this important new paper, co-written by IPIA scholars Dr. Kisha Supernant ( @archaeomapper.bsky.social) and Solène Mallet Gauthier (@somag.bsky.social), on confronting and disrupting "grey zones" in Canadian archaeology 🏺

Confronting Archaeology’s “Gray Zones” | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Confronting Archaeology’s “Gray Zones” - Volume 90 Issue 3

www.cambridge.org

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Feb 13

Communties need reliable sources of information and guidance to help support the sacred work of searching for missing children. The defunding of the NAC is a huge setback for the work.

Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · Feb 13

IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant: "We are extremely disheartened and disappointed by the decision not to renew funding for this work, which is so important to reconciliation and to healing for our people."

Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:

Statement on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAC urges continued federal funding to further assist Indigenous communities in their efforts to identify, locate and commemorate missing children TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG…

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Feb 12

Registration is open for the upcoming IPIA speaker series! It is a hybrid event featuring some of our scholars sharing their amazing research about stories of landscape.

Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · Feb 11

Exciting news - our first Speaker Series Event of 2025 is coming soon! Join @ldagg.bsky.social, @rdwambold.bsky.social, and @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on Feb 27, 3:30 pm MT, to hear about the different ways they examine landscapes in their research 🏺
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇

2025 Speaker Series: Stories of Landscapes

www.ualberta.ca

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Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · Feb 7

Hello everyone! It's time for a proper introduction! We are the IPIA, an Indigenous-led institute at the University of Alberta. We are committed to continuing to support Indigenous-engaged archaeological research 🏺
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Director's Statement

www.ualberta.ca

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Jan 29

The IPIA partnered with Chipewyan Prairie First Nation to offer archaeological training to community members in what we hope will be the first of many courses of this type. Thanks to @mapsworth.bsky.social for being the amazing instructor! www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...

Video Spotlight: Indigenous learners delve into archaeology

A new U of A micro-course in archaeology teaches young Indigenous adults how to investigate and identify cultural artifacts, with a view to keeping them on First Nations land.

www.ualberta.ca

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jan 11

The same people who believe in “The Great Replacement Theory,” who think they will all be replaced by foreigners, will all actually be giddily replaced by AI by their tech bro overlords.

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Jan 10

And stay tuned - we will be developing the papers into a publication so we can share it with the world!

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Jan 10

Feeling deeply inspired (dare I even say hopeful?) after an extraordinary session. Seeing heart-centered archaeology resonate with people across so many places, contexts, and positionalities was wonderful. Thank you to all the amazing participants!

#SHA2025 #archaeology

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Jan 10

Today's the day! Session starts at 9 am in Galerie 2.

Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Jan 7

Excited to be in New Orleans for #SHA2025! I'm co-chairing an all day session Friday on Landscapes of Care: Exploring Heart-centered Practice in Historical Archaeology with a diverse and intriguing set of papers. If you are here, come check it out! #archaeology #NOLA

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Azie Dungey @aziedungey.bsky.social · Jan 8

In 1850, the California government banned the controlled burning that Indigenous people had been doing for centuries. The practice controlled the forest density, scaled down undergrowth, and promoted fire-resistant species. It reduced the severity, mileage, and overall number of forest fires. 1/5

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Jan 7

Excited to be in New Orleans for #SHA2025! I'm co-chairing an all day session Friday on Landscapes of Care: Exploring Heart-centered Practice in Historical Archaeology with a diverse and intriguing set of papers. If you are here, come check it out! #archaeology #NOLA

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Lauren Nofi @lenofi.bsky.social · Dec 12

We don’t do this for credit; we do it for JUSTICE and COMMUNITY CARE. We do it because Ancestors are being brutalized in death. #Repatriation to descendant communities is the only ethical way forward.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · Dec 12

Archaeologists used GPR to identify the probable location of a cemetery for people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson on the grounds of The Hermitage plantation. 🧪🏺

Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, enslaved hundreds of people. Archaeologists have discovered where 28 of them were buried.

www.livescience.com

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · Dec 9

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Amazing opportunity for two PhD students to join us at Cambridge Uni!
Topic: later pastoralists in Kenya, diet, mobility
#archaeology #isotopes #zooarch
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49439/

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Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · Dec 9

After being trapped in Early View purgatory for over a year, the article @mapsworth.bsky.social, @archaeomapper.bsky.social, and I wrote together has *officially* been published in a special issue of Archaeological Prospection! Available open access below:
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Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection

In North America, archaeological prospection has recently undergone a surge in popularity, resulting in higher visibility for both scientific and fringe narratives. This has been partially due to inc...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Dec 3

This is how it’s done.

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · Dec 3

Another great starter pack created by @archaeocobb.bsky.social highlights all the archaeologists doing a great job highlighting diversity, equity, and inclusion

Check out this great group of scholars and activists in the field. And be sure to follow Prof Prof Hannah Cobb!

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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IllumiNative @illuminative.bsky.social · Dec 3

“Native peoples are not mascots for sport and entertainment. It is impossible to heal from the decades of racism inflicted on us by way of the team’s fan traditions and former name if we must continue making this point." #NotYourMascot
www.huffpost.com/entry/washin...

Washington’s Football Team Ditched Its Offensive Name, But A Senator Wants To Save The Logo

A senator is pushing the NFL team to “restore” the former logo, which is widely seen by Native American groups as insulting.

www.huffpost.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · Dec 3

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Dec 2

After years of the families pushing for action, the landfill search for the remains of two First Nation women who were killed by a Winnipeg serial killer began on Monday.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew spoke to media about the search.

Landfill search for the remains of two women begins in Manitoba | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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IllumiNative @illuminative.bsky.social · Nov 26

📣 Contact your Congress members today! Tell them they must pass the bipartisan U.S. Truth & Healing Commission Bill NOW if they ever want to see truth, justice, and healing for boarding school survivors and their families.
Act Now: bit.ly/4fDDK9F

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Nov 26

Reading through old reports always makes me angry at how much Métis archaeology has been destroyed, ignored or impacted because it was deemed "historic" and therefore less important than earlier material. #archaeology #indigenous

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Nov 26

If you have family or friends who aren't convinced of the horrors brought upon Indigenous people in Canada maybe tell them the story of how the federal government murdered thousands of sled dog puppies to try and destroy the Inuit way of life

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Nov 25

Tonight on APTN National News: The federal government apologizes for its role in the killing of Inuit sled dogs in Nunavik in the 1950s and 1960s.

We speak with AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak about the organization’s upcoming meeting in Ottawa.

Watch live: youtube.com/live/mFPEpA1...

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Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · Nov 25

The association Atlantis with white supremacy is well documented. It's not archaeologists looking back to the 1800's to make that association, it's the white supremacists themselves who are writing and saying it as recently as 2024.

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Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social · Nov 25

This is a dangerous precedent to set. The fact that both tribal affiliations and pronouns were targeted demonstrates that we need to have solidarity across many different issues and uplift each others voices.
#Indigenous #LBGTQIA2S+

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