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Ian Sellers
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Archaeologist. Vancouver Island.

Supporting Nation-based archaeology programs across the Northwest Coast.
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UBC LOA Archaeology and Repository Collections Manager Position
LOA Archaeology Repository and Collections Manager
Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Museum, Level C Job Title LOA Archaeology Repository and Collections Manager Department Administrative Support | Department of...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Living Landscapes of SG̱ang Gwaay: Ḵ'uljaad youtu.be/ipCI8Jyhjao?...
Living Landscapes of SG̱ang Gwaay: Ḵ'uljaad | Parks Canada and Haida Nation
YouTube video by Parks Canada
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May 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Heading back for another beauty season: indiginews.com/features/git...
Gitnuganaks origin story guides researchers to 4,000-year-old village site in northwestern 'B.C.'
Oral history is helping to direct Spencer Greening (La’goot) and his colleagues toward evidence of island life long, long ago
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May 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Today, the #Haida Nation and the Government of Canada signed the Chiix̲uujin / Chaaw K̲aawgaa Haida Title Lands Agreement, marking a significant milestone in the journey to reconciliation and recognizing Haida Aboriginal title to lands on #HaidaGwaii. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
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The Haida Nation and Canada announce a first-of-its-kind agreement recognizing Aboriginal title on Haida Gwaii
Canada’s recognition of Haida Aboriginal title on Haida Gwaii includes the foreshore and extends to the low-water mark.
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February 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Have you seen our Haida Independence & Sustainability Series? Created in friendship with Swiilawiid Sustainability Society, it's part of our Hl'yak'ii: To Start a Fire program. Four episodes to date. 🐟 🌿

#haida #haidagwaii #haidahealing #foodsecurity

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Screen shot from episode 1, Smoked Black Cod, featuring Haida food experts Rose Russ and Jennifer Brooks. The image features fresh cut black cod and processing tools with the film's title in both Haida (Xaayda kil dialect) and English. Screen shot from episode 2, Healthy Haidas, featuring Haida food experts Carla Russ and Erika Stocker of the XaaydaGa Dlaang/Healthy Haidas program. The image features the interior of a green house with the film's title in both Haida (Xaayda kil dialect) and English. Screen shot from episode 3, To Harvest Seaweed, featuring Haida food expert Cooper Wilson. The image features fresh picked seaweed laid out to dry, with the film's title in both Haida (Xaad kil dialect) and English. Screen shot from episode 4, To Can Salmon, featuring Haida food expert Reg Davidson. The image features a filet of salmon resting on ferns with the film's title in both Haida (Xaad kil dialect) and English.
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Always nice to learn some new stratigraphic techniques.
January 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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For #fishmas check out this Bluefin Tuna vertebra from a site on west coast of Vancouver Island, Toquaht First Nation, ca. 1000 years old. Bluefin were very occasional inshore visitors, identified by their bioluminescent wake, hunted at night. 🏺🐟#25DaysOfFishmas @iainmckechnie.bsky.social
A large vertebra from a bluefin tuna held in the hand, the center of the vertebra is about two inches in diameter and glows a golden colour even though still caked in dirt, dates to less than about 2000 years ago. Picture by qmackie Jacob a handsome young archaeologist in a two metre deep archaeological excavation which shows the mossy forest floor underlain by thick deposits of shell midden, which shows as speckled white and gray dirt with horizontal layers. pic by qmackie
December 9, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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Hazelnuts and an ancient B.C. city: Research on a tiny nut suggests Indigenous people were cultivating food before wheat farming began in Egypt. 🌰
How Hazelnuts Reveal Secrets from an Ancient BC City | The Tyee
Research on a tiny nut suggests Indigenous people were cultivating food before wheat farming began in Egypt.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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🏺Haíɫzaqv Archaeologist Elroy White (Q̓íx̌itasu) et al :

"M̓ṇúxvʔit means “to become one” in Haíɫzaqvḷa, in this case referring to outside knowledges being incorporated into Indigenous systems (not vice versa)."

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The importance of Indigenous (and local) knowledge and governance systems for addressing social and ecological crises is increasingly recognized. Unfortunately, attempts to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into Western approaches, often without the full leadership, consent, and participation of the peoples holding those knowledges, can cause harm and can constitute extractive activities. However, there remains considerable potential in collaborations bringing together multiple perspectives and knowledges. We introduce the M̓ṇúxvʔit model, which centers Indigenous governance systems as the natural starting point for respectful, cross‐knowledge system collaborations. M̓ṇúxvʔit means “to become one” in Haíɫzaqvḷa, the language of the Haíɫzaqv Nation from which this model originates, in this case referring to outside knowledges being incorporated into Indigenous systems (not vice versa). In collaborations following this model, Indigenous communities and governments lead the overall direction, Indigenous knowledge systems are foundational, local protocols are followed, benefits flow at least as much to communities as to collaborators, and collaborations are authentic and transparent. M̓ṇúxvʔit can occur at scales including a single person, such as Q̓íx̌itasu (Elroy White) complementing his Haíɫzaqv knowledge with Western archeology; a project, such as the Xvíɫm̓ístaƛ Hákq̓áṃ Qṇtxv Bákvḷásu (our foods will return) multispecies restoration program led by the Haíɫzaqv Nation and supported by invited collaborators; and a community, exemplified by the Heiltsuk (Haíɫzaqv) Integrated Resource Management Department leading resource stewardship collaborations across Haíɫzaqv Territory. Collaborations following the model uphold Indigenous and local sovereignty while avoiding superficial or tokenistic approaches.
November 28, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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KFN-SFU collaborative study identifies pathways to enforce Nation-led cultural heritage protection
A new research collaboration between the K’ómoks First Nation and Simon Fraser University highlights how Indigenous cultural heritage policies can protect archaeological sites threatened by developmen...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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Stopping by the wreck yard to pay respect and borrow a few things. The best dang field vehicle I've ever had.
November 27, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Big finds of the day.
November 19, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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Two beauties.
November 14, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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Up island, down island. Up island, down island.
November 14, 2024 at 6:19 AM
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An incredible team and project at SGang Gwaay. Haawa to all-- https://youtu.be/hYsYYwbE0XU
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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https://thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-guardians-conservation-bc/
How Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and ...
Indigenous guardians along B.C.'s coast are bringing back...
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November 16, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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Gwaii Haanas Speaker Series - Living Landscapes of SGang Gwaay https://fb.watch/8OGMxpog23/ via @FacebookWatch
November 16, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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Photos from summer survey with Bryn Letham and Gitga’at Guardians https://brynletham.com/field-work-photos/2021/1/2/outer-coast-archaeological-survey-2020
Outer Coast Archaeological Survey, 2020 — Bryn Letham
Following field research in 2019 to reconstruct the las...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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BC Archaeology Forum 2019 Announcement https://www.inlailawatash.ca/posts/news/save-date-bc-archaeology-forum-2019
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November 16, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Canoe Runs, Tlowitsis Territory. Grateful as always to the Guardians for sharing the incredible work they do. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1g1QrqAOIC/?igshid=18eg08kycmhpg
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November 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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Exciting outcomes from this year's work at kakmakimilh. https://hashilthsa.com/news/2019-07-22/archaeologists-unearth-evidence-geoduck-harvesting-ancient-tseshaht-village-site
Archaeologists unearth evidence of geoduck harvesting at ...
Archaeologists working on Keith Island have made a signif...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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#hecarch2019 @IainMcKechnie dropping some knowledge in the outer islands https://x.com/IainMcKechnie/status/1151638943726620672/photo/1
November 16, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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With Sudan's naming of a new transitional authority tomorrow, after months of protests and negotiation, I wanted to finally put together a few scenes from a short but incredible trip across this beautiful country last year. https://vimeo.com/331526059
Sudan السودان‎
Sudan السودان‎ (December 2017)
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November 16, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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New paper detailing results from 1300 year old rockshelter we identified north of Vancouver. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1YAyd,rVDBNqpR
ScienceDirect
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November 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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"What was beginning to happen was anthropogenic soil subsidence—the sinking of the land by human action."

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/how-humans-sank-new-orleans/552323/
How Humans Sank New Orleans
Engineering put the Crescent City below sea level. Now, i...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:38 AM