One of the most exciting things that happened with our museum collection in the last few months was the amazing reunification of an object with the family of the maker. In May 2015, ACCI hosted a Curatorial workshop lead by Moira McCaffrey, and one of the attendees was Linda Stewart Georgekish from Wemindji. At this …
On September 8, 2014 ACCI received 28 boxes of books, reports, AV material, and photos from the Cree Nation Government office in Nemaska. The books and annual reports from Cree entities will be added to the reference section and library, while the photos and hand-made books will be placed in the archives. Aanischaaukamikw would like …
Anthropologist Dr. Harvey Feit is a name known well in Eeyou Istchee. He was involved with the James Bay Northern Québec Agreement negotiations and has been doing field work in Waswanipi since the 1960s. This August, Dr. Feit and his wife Lise came to visit us in Oujé-Bougoumou, and made a series of donations, including …
ACCI Archives is happy to announce the acquisition of the archival material of Dr. Cath Oberholtzer. Dr. Oberholtzer received her BA in Archaeology (1981) and her MA in Art and Archaeology (1986) at Trent University. She received her Ph.D. (1995) in Anthropology at McMaster University under the supervision of Richard Preston with her thesis entitled Together …