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Aug 15, 2024 · History of Sherwood Park. The winter of 1955-56 marked the arrival of the first residents of Sherwood Park. A few long-time residents were interviewed to tell us what they remember. This series of articles, commissioned by Strathcona County, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Sherwood Park. Check out these stories written for publication in the ...
- The Fire Brigade
The winter of 1955-56 marked the arrival of the first...
- Business
2001 Sherwood Drive Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada T8A 3W7....
- Public Schools History
Sherwood Park high school students attended Salisbury High...
- Sense of Community
There was a great sense of community in the early days of...
- Catholic Schools History
Oleh Cherkawski, a Sherwood Park resident since 1956, sent...
- The Early Challenges
The Oscroft family wrote in the Sherwood Park 25th...
- The Fire Brigade
Oct 25, 2006 · In the early days, the league had only enough money for one complete set of goalie gear, which was issued to the hockey team that was playing the most important game that night. In 1966, at the request of the Community League, Strathcona County Council declared Sherwood Park a "Recreation Area", allowing it to levy taxes for recreational services and to apply for government grants.
May 30, 2017 · 7 Historic Objects. Every object tells a story. Written by Charles Dagneau, Nancy McCarthy and Mike Steinhauer. From everyday objects spring countless stories of Canada’s past. For decades, Parks Canada has preserved and protected artifacts that together reflect the material heritage of our National Historic Sites, National Parks, and ...
- Background
- Principles of Indigenous Archaeology
- Forms of Indigenous Archaeology
- Examples of Indigenous Archaeology in Canada
The vast majority of archaeology done in Canada focuses on Indigenous pasts. Historically, archaeologists often removed artifacts and ancestral remains from the land and took them to colonial institutions. At these institutions people studied the artifacts and remains and put them on display without consent. Occasionally, early archaeologists worke...
Practitioners of Indigenous archaeology follow several core principles. These include: 1. Involving Indigenous peoplesin archaeology done on their ancestral lands and territories. 2. Recognizing that archaeologyis one way of knowing the past and that Indigenous peoples have their own histories. 3. Acknowledging that Indigenous peoples are the right...
There are many ways to involve Indigenous peoples in archaeology. These include: 1. Consultation - discussing an archaeological project with related Indigenous communities. 2. Participation - involving Indigenous peoples in the archaeological project. 3. Collaboration - building relationships and creating projects in partnership with Indigenous com...
The Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait (Inuvialuit Living History) project focuses on connecting living Inuvialuit with the MacFarlane Collection. The MacFarlane Collection is a group of ethnographic and natural history artifacts held by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. It is named after Roderick MacFarlane, a Hudson’s Bay Company emp...
Apr 5, 2017 · In November, tests revealed that the hearth was some 14,000 years old, indicating that the area in which it was found is one of the oldest human settlements ever discovered in North America. Or as ...
Oct 21, 2020 · An archaeological dig along southern Ontario’s Fischer-Hallman Road has unearthed traces of a Late Woodland Iroquois village dated to between roughly 1300 and 1600. Researchers originally ...
Aug 27, 2013 · The history of Indigenous art in Canada begins sometime during the last Ice Age between 80,000 and 12,000 years ago. To date, however, the oldest surviving artworks (excluding finely crafted, aesthetically significant stone tools) are datable to no earlier than 5,000 years ago. Bone, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, Haida (courtesy ROM).
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