Jackie Mead 1/17/22 Jackie Mead 1/17/22

Abenaki Earring- Quebec, Canada

Earrings and nose rings were important additions to Abenaki outfits.

Ianna Recco 10/12/21 Ianna Recco 10/12/21

Porcupine Quill Basket- Nova Scotia, Canada

The Mi’kmaq typically used porcupine quills to embellish baskets, clothing and other trade items.

Kate Breitenstein 9/28/21 Kate Breitenstein 9/28/21

The Dorset Culture's interest in polar bears may have been a direct response to changes during the Medieval Warm Period.

Ianna Recco 8/12/21 Ianna Recco 8/12/21

The materiality of these goggles speaks to the significance of whaling in Thule Inuit culture.

Kate Breitenstein 11/12/20 Kate Breitenstein 11/12/20

These fragments are the charred remnants of 17th century, Acadian wattle and daub structures built by early French settlers and colonized Mi'kmaq.

Kate Breitenstein 10/23/20 Kate Breitenstein 10/23/20

This copper point was found at Fort Ste. Marie II, an island site occupied by the Jesuits and the Huron-Wendat between 1649-1650.