Indigenous Archaeological Field School
In the Summer of 2021, students from two First Nation communities in the Ottawa region took part in the Indigenous Archaeological Field School. The new initiative by Public Services and Procurement Canada teaches Indigenous youth about archaeology and helps them discover their own history.
Student participants from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation: Jennifer Tenasco, Drew Tenasco, Alina Jerome, Bryton Beaudoin.
Student participants from Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation: PJ Leroux, Dakota Commanda, Alex Commanda, Jenna Lanigan.
Public Services and Procurement Canada acknowledges that the land on which we gathered this footage is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.