Climate change, eroding shorelines and the race against time to save Indigenous history
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2024 9:50 pm
Climate change, eroding shorelines and the race against time to save Indigenous history
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Archaeologists have known the historical significance of this site for years. The area, managed by the National Capital Commission (NCC), has been known to contain artifacts older than the pyramids, according to researchers.
It is definitely sad as an archaeologist to literally see artifacts falling into the river, never to be recovered again.
- Monica Maika, NCC archaeologist
Indigenous communities would use the rivers and lakes around what's now the National Capital Region as highways, travelling by canoe to meet and trade goods, according to Jennifer Tenasco, a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg First Nation.
"Lake Leamy is what we call Kabeshinan, and it means campsite or gathering site, a place that we've gathered or our ancestors have gathered on," she said.
Tenasco is also a supervisor of the Anishinābe Odjìbikan field school, which partners with the NCC on archaeological digs, to help uncover parts of Indigenous history.
"The land is very important and it tells our story and it tells our history," Tenasco said ...
Read more here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/c ... -1.7308384
Archaeologists have known the historical significance of this site for years. The area, managed by the National Capital Commission (NCC), has been known to contain artifacts older than the pyramids, according to researchers.
It is definitely sad as an archaeologist to literally see artifacts falling into the river, never to be recovered again.
- Monica Maika, NCC archaeologist
Indigenous communities would use the rivers and lakes around what's now the National Capital Region as highways, travelling by canoe to meet and trade goods, according to Jennifer Tenasco, a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg First Nation.
"Lake Leamy is what we call Kabeshinan, and it means campsite or gathering site, a place that we've gathered or our ancestors have gathered on," she said.
Tenasco is also a supervisor of the Anishinābe Odjìbikan field school, which partners with the NCC on archaeological digs, to help uncover parts of Indigenous history.
"The land is very important and it tells our story and it tells our history," Tenasco said ...