Exploring Métis Identity Through Archaeology (EMITA)
The EMITA project, led by Kisha Supernant, is focused on developing a specifically Métis archaeology. In partnership with Métis communities of the prairie and boreal regions of western Canada, the project is mapping and excavating winter bison hunting sites and combining various strands of research to re-create the Métis cultural landscape of the late 19th century. Natasha is working with students at the University of Alberta to develop understandings of Métis plant use in the past and produce an archaeobotanical baseline for their study.