Lieu : Richmond campus | 8771 Lansdown Road, Richmond, BC, V6X3X7

Description :

Lessons Learned from the Brandon Indian Residential School (BIRS),

Brandon, Manitoba

Much in the news have been stories about unmarked graves detected by ground penetrating radar at a variety of former residential schools. Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn will take us through one such story.

Since 2019, Dr. Yellowhorn has been the Principal Investigator for a research partnership with the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. This project involved one of the cemeteries associated with the BIRS, where geophysical surveys revealed the presence of 104 burials. Although the initial research objectives changed due to Covid restrictions on travel and meeting in person, his team continued with modified parameters.

As this research cycle is now completed, he will report on the results of their study. He will also discuss lessons for future directions in the investigation of such graves at other former residential schools.

Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn has a Piikani name, Otahkotskina, which translates as Yellow Horn. He grew up on a farm on the Peigan First Nation leading to his interest in the earth sciences. He has taught at SFU since 2002 and established the Department of First Nations Studies in 2012. He has conducted impact assessments in advance of terrain altering activities. He contributes as an archaeologist to the Missing Children Project initiated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to search for children who died at residential schools.

Register by:  Fri. May 3rd.

Affiliation(s) obligatoire(s) :

• TALK Annual Membership

Disponibles : 30/30

Prix : 15,00 $ Taxes exonérées

Âge requis : 50+ au jour de l'activité

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Informations supplémentaires : Richmond campus, Room 2505

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