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Spring 2022
In this thesis I examine stories pertaining to women as told by the belongings recovered during excavations conducted at three hivernant Métis sites. The hivernants were groups of Métis families who banded together to form winter bison hunting brigades. Overwintering on the Canadian prairies,...
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Fall 2024
Métis archaeological sites are heavily understudied, and when they have been studied in the past the focus was often on Métis material culture. This thesis looks at Métis sites themselves through the lens of landscape archaeology, utilizing a variety of different archaeological techniques. I...
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The Métis experience at the Chimney Coulee site (DjOe-6): A historical archaeology investigation into a 19th-century hivernant site in the Cypress Hills
DownloadFall 2023
The Chimney Coulee site (DjOe-6) is a locally well-known historic site and provincial recreation area a few kilometers north of the town of Eastend, Saskatchewan in the southwestern corner of the province. Located along the eastern slopes of the Cypress Hills, the site has a deep history as...