Image courtesy of University of Toronto. Photo by David Ball. Editorial note: This post was originally published in the GRASAC Newsletter in June 2025 and is republished here for broader access. We are incredibly proud to share that GRASAC member Professor John Borrows, the inaugural ...
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Birdstones Visit at the ROM
from Mina Ali On January 18, 2023, the Royal Ontario Museum collaborated with GRASAC to host a virtual tour of the birdstones housed in the Archeology of the Americas collections, with the help of Dr. Tiziana Gallo’s knowledgeable guidance, April Hawkins’s support, and the GRASAC team members’ ...
Additions to the Great Lakes Treaty Timeline
Over the course of Ontario Treaty Recognition Week (November 6-12) and Native American Heritage Month (November), GRASAC published new entries in its Great Lakes Treaty Timeline. The Timeline now features 180 negotiations, ten of which now feature detailed records to facilitate further ...
Kay-nah-chi-wah-nung Gathering
By Pamela Klassen, Art Hunter, Krista Barclay, & Teagan de Laronde With eagles circling over the river and the northern lights dancing at night, the Manitou Mounds hosted a gathering of over fifty people, including many GRASAC members, on the weekend of October 1-2. The ...
GRASAC joins International Meeting on Birchbark
By Cara Krmpotich On October 14-16, GRASAC members visited University of Toronto Mississauga and Mississaugas of the Credit territory for an international gathering focused on wiigwaas, birchbark. The gathering brought together people who work with birchbark — as archaeologists, artists, ...