An Alberta First Nation in the province's oilsands region is seeking more control over the traces left by ancestors on their traditional lands.
An Alberta First Nation in the province's oilsands region is seeking more control over the traces left by ancestors on their traditional lands.
"It's been almost 50 years since were established, and they haven't been fundamentally revised. We are at a point now where they're getting in the way of Indigenous rights." Consultants search for possible sites using modelling and past experience -- a sunny hillside overlooking a river or lake, for example, is a good place to look for ancient camps, kill sites or tool manufacturing.But there are no legal requirements for industry to ask area First Nations about where to look. Sites are probably being missed and destroyed as a result, said Supernant.
A 2021 study from the Archaeological Survey of Alberta estimated eight per cent of pre-contact sites in the oilsands area have been disturbed by activity that is"non-compliant" with legislation.Nor is checking in with local First Nations during a dig required by law. Companies may hire local help, but that's not the same, said Ave Dersch, an archeologist who works with Chipewyan Prairie.
As well, there's more to Indigenous archeology than pottery fragments and arrowheads. Sometimes, the place itself is the historic resource. "Alberta’s government is currently in the process of creating a new framework for repatriating non-sacred objects to Indigenous communities through the Royal Alberta Museum," he said in an email." government has made information on archeological investigations and reports broadly available to Indigenous communities."
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