Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta
@uofa-ipia.bsky.social
We are the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, an Indigenous-led institute with a commitment to continuing to support Indigenous-engaged archaeological research.
Find out more: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-indigenous-archaeology/index.
Find out more: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-indigenous-archaeology/index.
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Hello everyone! It's time for a proper introduction! We are the IPIA, an Indigenous-led institute at the University of Alberta. We are committed to continuing to support Indigenous-engaged archaeological research 🏺
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Field school news! The IPIA will once again be running our Indigenous Archaeology Field School in St. Albert, AB, from May 25th to June 26th 2026. Applications will open Jan 5th, 2026. Learn more at our field school page:
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2026 Field School
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Field school news! The IPIA will once again be running our Indigenous Archaeology Field School in St. Albert, AB, from May 25th to June 26th 2026. Applications will open Jan 5th, 2026. Learn more at our field school page:
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If you're in St. Albert on Friday, come hear recent IPIA grad Maria Nelson share some of her research into Métis cemeteries, kinscapes, and deathscapes! 🏺
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you're in St. Albert on Friday, come hear recent IPIA grad Maria Nelson share some of her research into Métis cemeteries, kinscapes, and deathscapes! 🏺
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Our next Speaker Series event is on Dec 2, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (MT)! Dr. Katie Biittner will be talking about archaeogaming and the early history of video game development. In-person and online, visit our event page for more info!
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2025 Speaker Series - Digging Digital Artifacts: the Archaeology of Early Videogame Implementation
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November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Our next Speaker Series event is on Dec 2, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (MT)! Dr. Katie Biittner will be talking about archaeogaming and the early history of video game development. In-person and online, visit our event page for more info!
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
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If you're in St. Albert on Friday, come hear recent IPIA grad Maria Nelson share some of her research into Métis cemeteries, kinscapes, and deathscapes! 🏺
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you're in St. Albert on Friday, come hear recent IPIA grad Maria Nelson share some of her research into Métis cemeteries, kinscapes, and deathscapes! 🏺
Field school news! The IPIA will once again be running our Indigenous Archaeology Field School in St. Albert, AB, from May 25th to June 26th 2026. Applications will open Jan 5th, 2026. Learn more at our field school page:
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
2026 Field School
www.ualberta.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Field school news! The IPIA will once again be running our Indigenous Archaeology Field School in St. Albert, AB, from May 25th to June 26th 2026. Applications will open Jan 5th, 2026. Learn more at our field school page:
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Our next Speaker Series event is on Dec 2, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (MT)! Dr. Katie Biittner will be talking about archaeogaming and the early history of video game development. In-person and online, visit our event page for more info!
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
2025 Speaker Series - Digging Digital Artifacts: the Archaeology of Early Videogame Implementation
www.ualberta.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Our next Speaker Series event is on Dec 2, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (MT)! Dr. Katie Biittner will be talking about archaeogaming and the early history of video game development. In-person and online, visit our event page for more info!
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
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Congratulations to our MA student Sara Lefurgey for her first conference presentation, on soil spectroscopy and her use of tech called the S4 in burial contexts, at the recent conference for the Canadian Association of Biological Anthropology! 🎉
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November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Congratulations to our MA student Sara Lefurgey for her first conference presentation, on soil spectroscopy and her use of tech called the S4 in burial contexts, at the recent conference for the Canadian Association of Biological Anthropology! 🎉
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Thank you to all who attended, and to our wonderful speaker Dr. Andre Costopoulos for such an interesting talk!
Stay tuned for details for our next talk in early December, perhaps a little something about archaeogaming 👀
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Stay tuned for details for our next talk in early December, perhaps a little something about archaeogaming 👀
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Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thank you to all who attended, and to our wonderful speaker Dr. Andre Costopoulos for such an interesting talk!
Stay tuned for details for our next talk in early December, perhaps a little something about archaeogaming 👀
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Stay tuned for details for our next talk in early December, perhaps a little something about archaeogaming 👀
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This is on Thursday! Online registration is available for those who can't attend in-person!
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Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is on Thursday! Online registration is available for those who can't attend in-person!
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Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺
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This is great news! The Vatican holds a number of sacred objects belonging to Indigenous communities across the globe, spanning Asia to Africa and the Americas. I hope this will be the first of many
This morning IPIA PhD Candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier was interviewed by Radio-Canada about the Vatican's return of Indigenous belongings. Give it a listen at the link below! 🏺
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Des artefacts autochtones des musées du Vatican retournent au Canada | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le café show : Des artefacts autochtones des musées du Vatican retournent au Canada
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October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is great news! The Vatican holds a number of sacred objects belonging to Indigenous communities across the globe, spanning Asia to Africa and the Americas. I hope this will be the first of many
This morning IPIA PhD Candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier was interviewed by Radio-Canada about the Vatican's return of Indigenous belongings. Give it a listen at the link below! 🏺
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Des artefacts autochtones des musées du Vatican retournent au Canada | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le café show : Des artefacts autochtones des musées du Vatican retournent au Canada
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October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This morning IPIA PhD Candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier was interviewed by Radio-Canada about the Vatican's return of Indigenous belongings. Give it a listen at the link below! 🏺
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
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"Heart-centered practice wants to take emotion from the margins, something you talk about in the hallways, to the center of scholarship."
Check out this excellent new interview with our IPIA Director, Dr. Kisha Supernant 🏺
Check out this excellent new interview with our IPIA Director, Dr. Kisha Supernant 🏺
The End of Archaeology as We Know It - World Records
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October 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Heart-centered practice wants to take emotion from the margins, something you talk about in the hallways, to the center of scholarship."
Check out this excellent new interview with our IPIA Director, Dr. Kisha Supernant 🏺
Check out this excellent new interview with our IPIA Director, Dr. Kisha Supernant 🏺
In 2026 the IPIA, in collaboration with the Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC) & the Indigenous Council of the Canadian Museums Association (CMA), will host a conference in Edmonton to discuss the development of a national framework for Indigenous cultural heritage rights w/in Canada. More info below:
2025 Recipient
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October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In 2026 the IPIA, in collaboration with the Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC) & the Indigenous Council of the Canadian Museums Association (CMA), will host a conference in Edmonton to discuss the development of a national framework for Indigenous cultural heritage rights w/in Canada. More info below:
In Calgary on Oct 4? IPIA PhD Candidate Dawn Wambold will be speaking at the Confluence Symposium, about using NWMP memoirs to identify and interpret Métis archaeological sites. The symposium's focus is on the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the NWMP at Fort Calgary. Tickets available below: 🏺
The Confluence Symposium — The Confluence
Share meaningful ideas about history, Indigenous experiences and colonial power as part of The Confluence Symposium on October 3-5.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In Calgary on Oct 4? IPIA PhD Candidate Dawn Wambold will be speaking at the Confluence Symposium, about using NWMP memoirs to identify and interpret Métis archaeological sites. The symposium's focus is on the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the NWMP at Fort Calgary. Tickets available below: 🏺
Heading to the Prairie Political Science Association Conference in Banff this weekend? You can catch several of our scholars presenting on Saturday, as part of the Indigenous Relationality Workshop! Find the schedule here:
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2025 PPSA & IRW Conference Program
The PPSA fosters the study of political science, showcasing political science about the Prairies through scholarship by political scientists on the Prairies and beyond.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Heading to the Prairie Political Science Association Conference in Banff this weekend? You can catch several of our scholars presenting on Saturday, as part of the Indigenous Relationality Workshop! Find the schedule here:
www.prairiepsa.com/ppsa-and-irw...
www.prairiepsa.com/ppsa-and-irw...
Join us in congratulating IPIA scholar Maria Nelson, who yesterday successfully completed her Masters degree! Congratulations, Maria! 🎉🎉
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September 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Join us in congratulating IPIA scholar Maria Nelson, who yesterday successfully completed her Masters degree! Congratulations, Maria! 🎉🎉
Our latest newletter was just sent out, with some scholar updates and upcoming events we'll be participating in! Interested in getting our quarterly newsletter delivered to your inbox? You can sign up here: 🏺
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September 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our latest newletter was just sent out, with some scholar updates and upcoming events we'll be participating in! Interested in getting our quarterly newsletter delivered to your inbox? You can sign up here: 🏺
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ICYMI: give this excellent new paper a read! 🏺
Check out this important new paper, co-written by IPIA scholars Dr. Kisha Supernant ( @archaeomapper.bsky.social) and Solène Mallet Gauthier (@somag.bsky.social), on confronting and disrupting "grey zones" in Canadian archaeology 🏺
Confronting Archaeology’s “Gray Zones” | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Confronting Archaeology’s “Gray Zones” - Volume 90 Issue 3
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September 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ICYMI: give this excellent new paper a read! 🏺
Check out this important new paper, co-written by IPIA scholars Dr. Kisha Supernant ( @archaeomapper.bsky.social) and Solène Mallet Gauthier (@somag.bsky.social), on confronting and disrupting "grey zones" in Canadian archaeology 🏺
Confronting Archaeology’s “Gray Zones” | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Confronting Archaeology’s “Gray Zones” - Volume 90 Issue 3
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September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Check out this important new paper, co-written by IPIA scholars Dr. Kisha Supernant ( @archaeomapper.bsky.social) and Solène Mallet Gauthier (@somag.bsky.social), on confronting and disrupting "grey zones" in Canadian archaeology 🏺
Join us in a big congratulations to IPIA PhD candidate Dawn Wambold, who has been awarded the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship! 🎉🎉🎉
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Award Winning Graduate Student in the Department of Anthropology
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August 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Join us in a big congratulations to IPIA PhD candidate Dawn Wambold, who has been awarded the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship! 🎉🎉🎉
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If you're in the St. Albert area on August 21st, you can join IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant for the Trash Talking event, to learn more about the results of the 2023 IPIA field school and what it tells us about the Métis presence in St. Albert. Tickets are $5, see the link for more info! 🏺
Métis Trash Talking: An Archeological Footprint in St. Albert
From trash to treasures, bones to beads, there is always more to learn from the land beneath our feet. In May and June 2023, the University of Alberta’s Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archeology ...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you're in the St. Albert area on August 21st, you can join IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant for the Trash Talking event, to learn more about the results of the 2023 IPIA field school and what it tells us about the Métis presence in St. Albert. Tickets are $5, see the link for more info! 🏺
Check it out! IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social and IPIA PhD Candidate Dawn Wambold @rdwambold.bsky.social were both featured in a new issue of Futurm Magazine (beginning pg. 76), where they talk about the IPIA and Indigenous-engaged archaeology 🏺
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August 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Check it out! IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant @archaeomapper.bsky.social and IPIA PhD Candidate Dawn Wambold @rdwambold.bsky.social were both featured in a new issue of Futurm Magazine (beginning pg. 76), where they talk about the IPIA and Indigenous-engaged archaeology 🏺
Check it out: former IPIA scholars Lyndsay Dagg and Dr. Liam Wadsworth are co-authors on a great new paper about the John Ware homestead, a homestead belonging to one of the prairies first Black residents. 🏺
Exploring Black History of the Western Canadian Prairies: Community-Engaged Archaeology at the John Ware Homestead (EePo-29) - International Journal of Historical Archaeology
By preserving and celebrating Black heritage sites and telling their stories, archaeology can revise history in a way that includes the stories of the diverse individuals and communities who contribut...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Check it out: former IPIA scholars Lyndsay Dagg and Dr. Liam Wadsworth are co-authors on a great new paper about the John Ware homestead, a homestead belonging to one of the prairies first Black residents. 🏺
Check it out: the newest episode of the True Canadians podcast, "Harrison Ford Need Not Apply," host David Wylynko talks to IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant about the EMITA project and the need to upend a history of non-Indigenous academics dominating the tale of Indigenous history 🏺
Harrison Ford Need Not Apply
The True Canadians · Episode
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July 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Check it out: the newest episode of the True Canadians podcast, "Harrison Ford Need Not Apply," host David Wylynko talks to IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant about the EMITA project and the need to upend a history of non-Indigenous academics dominating the tale of Indigenous history 🏺