Kisha Supernant Dr. Kisha Supernant, social agitator (she/her)., director Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology and a professor in the Department of Anthropology at #UAlberta , speaks to @TaprootEdmonton about the complexities of returning Indigenous artifacts from the Royal Alberta Museum Museum: bit.ly/4armEcQ

Award-winning investigative journalist Connie Walker presents the Truth Before Reconciliation Talk

Apr. 8, 2024 6:00-7:30 PM

Cargill Theatre, Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre (Augustana Campus) & Online

To register and find out more: bit.ly/4ciUnqd

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:

As ground searches for potential unmarked graves at sites of former residential schools across Canada continue, #UAlberta 's Kisha Supernant Dr. Kisha Supernant, social agitator (she/her). tells CTV News that there is a growing voice trying to disclaim the unmarked burials. bit.ly/3PmvWhD

Featuring IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant! Registration is in the quote below!

“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
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Don't miss out this Spring! NS 115: Indigenous Peoples and Technoscience
This online, undergraduate course is available for both U of A and non-U of A (visiting) students!

Apply by March 1st via Open Studies: ualberta.ca/native-studies…

The application for these internships has been extended to January 30!

Thursday J18th from 2-5 the IGSA and Indigenous Students' Union (ISU) invite you to join us in supporting Truth&Reconciliation. Sean Carleton will be giving a talk on Identifying and Confronting Residential School Denialism. Thank you to our partners and allies across campus and in University of Alberta Faculty of Arts!

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:
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IPIA Scholar Solène Mallet Gauthier was recently interviewed about her research on CBC Radio-Canada! You can listen to Solène talk about Mètis foodways and archaeology here (interview is in French):

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Happening now! Beyond Ground Penetrating Radar, live streamed on Youtube: youtube.com/live/bEY2W-Y3R…

Liam Wadsworth has another open access article out now, in the same special issue of Archaeological Prospection! On trends and traits in using GPR to identify burials, check it out at the link!

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Next Thursday, hear about Mètis data sovereignty from IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant! Free to attend (virtually), registration is available in the quoted post below 👇

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)!

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Join beading instructor Maria Nelson at Musée Héritage Museum on December 2, to make a beaded snowflake pin and learn the basics of beading using the two-needle technique. No experience is necessary; all materials will be provided. #beading #class
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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)

New #OpenAccess Paper: Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection

William T. D. Wadsworth, Stephanie Halmhofer, Kisha Supernant
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#ScienceCommunication #indianresidentialschools #GunungPadang

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 link below!

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