Lotunt Honyust visits with a quilled knife sheath. Photograph by Michael Galban. From Cara Krmpotich In late August, a team of Indigenous curators and heritage professionals reconnected with Great Lakes relatives who have been away from their home territories for some 260 years. The collection ...
Research In Action
GRASAC Reconnects with Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
GRASAC team visiting with a strap dress, 1930.822. Young eyes and many hands reading the text inside thimble dangles. Left to right: Amanda McLeod, Sherry Farrell Racette, Suzanne McLeod, Aidan McLeod. Photo courtesy of Rachel Hand, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology From Cara ...
A Step Toward Reconnection: Researching the Biography of a Pair of Moccasins
From Giuliana Taccone Where did you come from? Who were you made by? How did you get to Italy? These were questions that I first asked myself when I came across pairs of moccasins listed on the GRASAC platform. There are three pairs of moccasins located in the Museum of Anthropology and ...
Nia:wen, Miigwetch, Thank You, Merci to Data Stewards and GKS Research Assistants
From Cara Krmpotich GRASAC’s Knowledge Sharing Platform runs thanks to a lot of “behind-the-scenes” work. This past year, three masters students – Natasha Fares, Shamina Vastani and Connor White – have been revising records to better reflect that the items in the GKS are frequently ...
GKS Spotlight
Close up of patches on Wendat wall hanging, currently residing in the Museum Volkenkunde. A little serendipity can go a long way! A recent email from Wendat artist Manon Sioui led Cara Krmpotich to do a search for Wendat relatives in the GKS. Front of mind were Wendat items in the Ethnologisches ...