Presentations

In this presentation, Six Seasons Research Associate Jill Taylor-Hollings speaks about her work with the Six Seasons Archaeology Team, and how the team worked with knowledge keepers and illustrators to provide historically and culturally accurate images and textual information in Amō's Sapotawan. Jill Taylor-Hollings is a Research Associate with the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak project at Lakehead University with the Archaeology Team (Leader Dr. Scott Hamilton). She was invited by the Ottawa Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society to present about the Six Seasons project at their online meeting. Jill is also the current President of the Ontario Archaeological Society, which is a 1000+ member organization dedicated to education, heritage advocacy and ethical archaeology. This presentation provided an opportunity to share information about the Six Season project but also research taking place at Lakehead University in Northwestern Ontario.

Six Seasons project manager Melanie Braith speaks at the "Relative Time/Little Time Speakers Series" organized by Mosaic, an interdisciplinary journal in collaboration with Bik Van der Pol. Her presentation focuses on how Rocky Cree notions of time determine the research for the Six Seasons project.

In this presentation, Dr. Scott Hamilton, leader of the Six Seasons archeology team, and Chris McEvoy, member of the archeology team report on an ongoing experiment using consumer technology to develop virtual archaeological tours for distribution as a web resource. While specifically addressing work conducted to support heritage education programming at Lakehead University, the methods and application have direct relevance for similar heritage education programming in northern Manitoba. The two presenters from Lakehead University spoke at the Canadian Archaeological Association annual conference.

“Unraveling Fabric-Impressed Pottery Through the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Project: Interlinking Digital Models and Weaving Techniques as Ethnoarchaeology.” In this presentation, Six Seasons postdoc Dr. Taylor-Hollings shares the preliminary results of trying to learn more about fabric-impressed pottery and replicating the textiles that made them. This presentation was part of the first-ever virtual (but 53rd) Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) annual meeting.

Six Seasons Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Jennifer Robinson highlights how community and participatory-based arts collectives are creating new decolonial and anti-colonial research practices through acts of conciliation.

Dr. Warren Cariou presenting "The Now Place: Indigenous Storytelling in the Contemporary World."

Moving Picture Books into the Future: Active Learning and Picture Book Apps, a Skywalk Lecture by Dr. Mavis Reimer, Project Director of the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Project, Millennium Library, February 21, 2018. Dr. Reimer discusses the successes and challenges of adapting Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow into a picture book app as part of the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project.

Kevin Brownlee, Curator of Archaeology at the Manitoba Museum, talking about a labour of love - Pisim: Revitalizing and Reclaiming Rocky Cree Culture, Identity and History.

This is the first half of the Six Seasons Research Circle presentation by the Archaeology Team Leaders, Kevin Brownlee and Scott Hamilton, "The Archaeological Foundations and Future Contributions to the Six Seasons Project," on October 27, 2017 at the University of Winnipeg.

This is the second half of the Six Seasons Research Circle presentation by the Archaeology Team Leaders, Kevin Brownlee and Scott Hamilton, "The Archaeological Foundations and Future Contributions to the Six Seasons Project," on October 27, 2017 at the University of Winnipeg.