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• Peterborough Chapter - Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg: This Is Our Territory

  • When
    October 23, 2018
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Trent University, Gzowski College, Room 115

  Topic: Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg: This Is Our Territory

  Speaker: Gidigaa Migizi (Doug Williams)

  “Doug is a widely respected elder, historian, hunter, fisher, ceremonial leader, language keeper and story teller, past Chief and at times an activist…These stories are more than just a chronicle of oral history. They document Michi Saagiiig Nishnaabeg as provocateurs, strategists, connectors, agitators and intellectuals. They show that resistance and resurgence have always been part of us.” From the introduction to Doug’s book by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

  
  

  “Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg: This is Our Territory is a series of stories from the oral tradition of the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg as told by Elder Gidigaa Migizi (Doug Williams). In his own words, he shares the history of the Michi Saagiig, discussing origin stories, alliances, diplomacy, resistance and relations to the lands and waters in their homeland. This book is the culmination of a life-long goal to put the history of the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg on paper.” From the back cover of Doug’s book.

  
  

  This presentation is part of the Peterborough Chapter’s monthly Public Speakers Series, conducted with the support of the City of Peterborough and the Trent University Archaeological Centre. Members of the public are invited to attend. There is no charge. Light refreshments are served. For further information please contact the chapter’s secretary, Dirk Verhulst, at dverhulst@cogeco.ca.

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• London Chapter - No November Meeting

  • When
    November 08, 2018
  • Location
    Museum of Ontario Archaeology, 1600 Attawandaron Rd., London

  No November London Chapter meeting due to co-hosting of the 2018 OAS Symposium in Chathem-Kent.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• 2018 OAS Symposium - Connections and Pathways through the Past

  • Start
    November 09, 2018
  • End
    November 11, 2018
  • Location
    Chatham-Kent John D. Bradley Convention Center - 565 Richmond St, Chatham, ON

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  The OAS board of directors is happy to announce the date, location and theme of the 45^th Annual OAS Symposium. This year’s symposium will be held at the Chatham-Kent John D. Bradley Convention Center, in Chatham, Ontario, from November 9-11, 2018.

  The symposium will explore the theme of “Connections and Pathways through the Past.” Come and explore the historic “Forks” of the Thames River and MacGregor Creek, a meeting place for Indigenous people, War of 1812 battle site, connection point on the Underground Railroad and mecca of early Black settlement.

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• OAS 2018 Friday Workshop - Using Archival Records in Archaeological and Family History Research

  • When
    November 09, 2018
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    W.I.S.H Centre – Black Mecca Museum, 177 King Street E., Chatham

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  Friday, November 9, 2018 1 pm – 3 pm

  Using Archival Records in Archaeological and Family History Research

  Sponsored by: the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

  Location: W.I.S.H Centre – Black Mecca Museum, 177 King Street E., Chatham

  Led by Black history researcher Guylaine Pétrin, this workshop will provide instruction on various types of archival records that are useful for archaeologists in their research and for reconstructing family genealogies. This workshop is suitable for everyone, not just archaeologists and historians. Learn how to access records, evaluate the information contained in them and its value and fact check. Examples from Black family history and recent archaeological excavations will be used.

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• OAS 2018 Symposium Vendor Table Registration

  • When
    November 10, 2018
  •  
    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Chatham-Kent John D. Bradley Convention Centre
  • Spaces left
    3

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  Saturday, November 10, the Ontario Archaeological Society's Annual Symposium will be hosting an exhibition space for vendors and exhibitors to promote to, interact with and sell to our membership.

  
  

  Fee: $100/table.

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• OAS 2018 Sunday Workshop - Does that Apply to Me??? Best Practices for Avocational and Chapter-based Archaeology Projects on Indigenous Lands

  • When
    November 11, 2018
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    John D. Bradley Convention Centre, Conference Room 1A

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  Sunday, November 11, 2018 9 am -12 pm

  Does that Apply to Me??? Best Practices for Avocational and Chapter-based Archaeology Projects on Indigenous Lands

  Sponsored by: the Ontario Archaeological Society

  Location: Conference Room 1A

  The recently adopted changes to the OAS Statement of Ethical Principles has implications for many different parts of our organization. In this workshop we invite OAS members and Indigenous leaders to help us to develop a set of best practices for how avocational archaeologists and OAS chapters can undertake archaeology on Indigenous sites in a fashion that is consistent with the OAS policies. Members of chapters and avocational OAS members are encouraged to attend and participate.

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• OAS 2018 Symposium Sunday Bus Tour

  • When
    November 11, 2018
  •  
    11:45 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Spaces left
    31

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  Join us in the afternoon of November 11, 2018 as we venture by bus through Chatham-Kent to visit two historic stops on the Underground Railroad. The bus will depart from the conference centre at 11:45 am and arrive back there around 5:30 pm. Please bring a packed lunch and warm clothing. Participants wishing to attend the venues in their own vehicles are asked to pay $5 cash at each venue ($10 total) to help cover off-season staffing costs.
  We ask anyone traveling on their own to coordinate with the schedule below.

   

  First Stop (12 pm – 1:45 pm)

  Our adventure will begin with the Buxton National Historic Site and Museum at 21975 A.D. Shadd Road, North Buxton. Home of the Elgin Settlement founded in 1849, Buxton offered a new home to African-American refugees and became a thriving 19^th century hub of Black education, culture, social and political life. Descendent families continue to live and worship in the community today and support one of the most visited Underground Railroad attractions in Ontario. The visit will include an overview of Museum exhibits and tour of the cemetery, school and church. Dress warmly as part of this tour will be outdoors.

   

  Second Stop (2:30 pm – 4:00 pm)

  The second stop is the Uncle Tom's Cabin National Historic Site at 29251 Uncle Tom's Cabin Road, Dresden.  The site forms part of the 200 acres of land that was purchased for the creation of the Dawn Settlement, a haven for African-American refugees in the early-19^th century. The site is associated with Josiah Henson and his wife Nancy, among the founders of the Dawn Settlement. Josiah was thought to be the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The visit will include an overview of the Museum exhibits, Henson family and British American Institute cemeteries and grounds of the Uncle Tom’s Cabin site. Dena Doroszenko of the Ontario Heritage Trust will be available to answer questions about the archaeological and geophysical activities that have occurred on the site. 
  

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• Grand River Chapter - Title TBA - Chris Watts

  • When
    November 13, 2018
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    PAS 1241 University of Waterloo

  Speaker: Chris Watts, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Anthropology, University of Waterloo

  Topic: Title TBA, the Iler Earthworks, a 15^th C. Springwells Phase earthen enclosure near Harrow, Ontario, and the site of the Department’s field school

  
  

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• Grand River Chapter - Title TBA - Holly Martelle

  • When
    December 11, 2018
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    PAS 1241 University of Waterloo

  Speaker: Holly Martelle, Principal, Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants

  Topic: Title TBA
  

  
  

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• Grand River Chapter - Title TBA - Shari Prowse and Jim Keron

  • When
    February 12, 2019
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    PAS 1241 University of Waterloo

  Speaker: Shari Prowse, Review Officer, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and Jim Keron

  Topic: Title TBA
  

  
  

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• Grand River Chapter - Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition

  • When
    March 12, 2019
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    PAS 1241 University of Waterloo

  Speaker: Dana Thacher, PhD Student, Dept. of Anthropology, McMaster University

  Topic: Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition

  
  

  Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind. I examined the remains of two ship’s boats from three sites on King William Island (NgLj-2, NgLj-3, and NgLj-8) that were abandoned by members of the Franklin expedition and subsequently found and altered by an Inuit sub-group called the Netsilik. This research demonstrates that Inuit utilized these boats in a manner that reflects (1) their environment, (2) what the material afforded, (3) their past experiences with Europeans and European material, and (4) their intended uses of the material. These alterations ascribed new meaning to the material and redefines the remains of the boats in Erebus Bay as simultaneously Netsilik and European material.

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• Grand River Chapter - Using Micro Computed Tomography to explore Ceramic Rim Formation Practices on a Late Woodlands Borderland

  • When
    April 09, 2019
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    PAS 1241 University of Waterloo

  Speaker: Amy St. John, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario

  Topic: Using Micro Computed Tomography to explore Ceramic Rim Formation Practices on a Late Woodlands Borderland

  
  

  Micro CT analysis offers a new perspective on pottery manufacture, augmenting traditional studies that focus on decorative and morphological aspects of ceramics. High resolution, three dimensional, micro CT images reveal different ways of forming vessels, identifying characteristic tendencies in motor habits and learned behaviours that are grounded in the specific contexts of learning and in the actions of ceramic manufacture. To explore this potential, I have scanned sherds from more than 60 vessels from a cluster of archaeological sites near Arkona, Ontario, with a focus on the rim portions of vessels. Mirco CT scans can help us better understand these contemporaneous and sequentially occupied sites (ca. 1100-1250 A.D.) in a borderlands area, between what have been known as the archaeological Western Basin and Ontario Iroquoian traditions.

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