Natasha Lyons involved with IPinCH's Declaration on the Safeguarding of Indigenous Ancestral Burial Grounds as Sacred Sites…

Natasha Lyons participated in the Nov. 7-9 2014 gathering convened by the Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage Project on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam Nation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Follow the link below for the Declaration:

www.sfu.ca/ipinch/resources/declarations/ancestral-burial-grounds

Angelbeck and Cameron 2014 link below

Angelbeck and Cameron 2014 is now found at ScienceDirect or the link below:

https://www.academia.edu/8255164/The_Faustian_bargain_of_technological_c...

New article by Bill Angelbeck and Ian Cameron in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Dr. Bill Angelbeck and Ian Cameron have just had their article "The Faustian bargain of technological change: Evaluating the socioeconomic effects of the bow and arrow transition in the Coast Salish past" published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Vol. 36, December 2014, Pages 93-109. The following links to the article onine http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1PfZc-JVbQgR4

2014 Society for American Archaeology meeting presentation

In April of this year, Natasha co-presented a paper at the Society for American Archaeology meetings in Austin with Tanja Hoffmann, Debbie Miller, and Stephanie Huddlestan. Titled 'Picturing new socioeconomic realities for Coast Salish societies of the mid-Holocene based on excavations of a Katzie village', our goal was to both visualize and consider the gender, ritual, social, political, and economic implications of evidence from the DhRp-52 site in Pitt Meadows, B.C. for current understandings of mid-Holocene lifeways amongst the Coast Salish. Stephanie drew some stunning images to illustrate activities on site; the paper was a smashing success.

Reviews of "Where the Wind Blows Us" in Arctic, British Journal of Canadian Studies and American Antiquity

Natasha Lyons' book "Where the Wind Blows Us: Practicing Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North" has been positively reviewed thus far in Arctic (by Chris Hanks), American Antiquity (by Thomas Andrews), and in the British Journal of Canadian Studies (by Allison Brown). Hanks says "the author has demonstrated the effectiveness of uniting critical practice with community-based archaeology to create a pragmatic approach to encompassing alternative interpretations of history as an essential element of empowering Inuvialuit interpretation of their own past. In the process she has demonstrated the value of critical theory as a cross-cultural tool with larger applications. This book will be of interest not only to archaeologists and ethnologists in the Arctic, but also to those involved in community development and the process of decolonization, where there is the need to build consensus out of distrust, in other parts of the world." Andrews concludes "Where the Wind Blows Us makes a significant contribution to the growing literature focused on the practice of collaborative, community-based archaeology. Most importantly, the book demonstrates that contemporary archaeological practice reaches well beyond the excavation unit bringing archaeologists into collaborative encounters in elders' homes, indigenous government boardrooms, schoolrooms, and museum storage facilities. The book provides an informative and engaging examination of research practices that are becoming more prevalent in settings where indigenous societies have been marginalized by settler states and will be a welcome addition to archaeological research libraries concerned with these issues." Many thanks to these archaeologists and others who have received Natasha's book so well.

Where the Wind Blows Us is now available on Amazon!

"Where the Wind Blows Us: Practising Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North" by Natasha Lyons is also available on Amazon. Link below!

http://www.amazon.ca/Where-Wind-Blows-Practicing-Archaeology/dp/08165299...

Newly published "Where the Wind Blows Us: Practicing Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North" by Natsasha Lyons

"Where the Wind Blows Us" is now in print and available at the University of Arizona Press: www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid2453.htm

Where the Wind Blows Us: Practicing Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North

Congratulations Natasha!  New book by Natsha Lyons, PhD to be released in fall of 2013. The book is titled "Where the Wind Blows Us: Practicing Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North". See the link below for a synopsis and to pre-order.

Book manuscript by Natasha Lyons accepted for 2013 publication!

Ursus Heritage Consulting is pleased to announce that Natasha Lyons has had her book manuscript titled "Critical Community Archaeology: Practicing with Inuvialuit of the Canadian Western Arctic" accepted by University of Arizona Press for publication in the Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America series. It is scheduled for publication in 2013.

ASBC Public Lecture February 23, 2011 at Museum of Vancouver

The Archaeological Society of BC presents a lecture by Dr. Mike Richards titled "Diet and Subsistence on the Northwest Coast: Evidence from Isotope Analysis".  The lecture starts at 7 pm at the Museum of Vancouver.  Attendance is free and all are welcome.