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Alberta Heritage Awards 2024 : guidelines

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Guidelines for how to nominate a group or individual for a Heritage Award. The awards are presented by the Government of Alberta to recognize and celebrate the contributions of Albertans to the... More ≫

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Guidelines for how to nominate a group or individual for a Heritage Award. The awards are presented by the Government of Alberta to recognize and celebrate the contributions of Albertans to the protection, preservation and promotion of Alberta’s heritage.

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Directives du programme de subvention ethnoculturelle de l’Alberta

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La subvention ethnoculturelle de l’Alberta (Ethnocultural Grant) vise les initiatives et les activités liées au multiculturalisme. Elle soutient les organismes communautaires dans la mise en œuvre... More ≫

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La subvention ethnoculturelle de l’Alberta (Ethnocultural Grant) vise les initiatives et les activités liées au multiculturalisme. Elle soutient les organismes communautaires dans la mise en œuvre d’initiatives qui créent des communautés multiculturelles diversifiées, inclusives et accueillantes.

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Alberta ethnocultural grant program guideline 2023-2024

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Alberta's Ethnocultural Grant supports community organizations to implement initiatives that build diverse, inclusive, and welcoming multicultural communities to help ensure that people from... More ≫

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Alberta's Ethnocultural Grant supports community organizations to implement initiatives that build diverse, inclusive, and welcoming multicultural communities to help ensure that people from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds want to live and work in Alberta. The grant also supports Indigenous communities to celebrate and build on their rich historical heritage. The grant program guidelines and supplementary resources are intended to describe the grant and assist interested parties through the application process.

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Fifty years of fur trade archaeology in northern Alberta forests : what have we accomplished?

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This study examines the status of fifty years of archaeological research of the Historic Period (c. 1787-1920) in northern Alberta, Canada. More specifically, it reviews research conducted for... More ≫

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This study examines the status of fifty years of archaeological research of the Historic Period (c. 1787-1920) in northern Alberta, Canada. More specifically, it reviews research conducted for both fur trade archaeology and historic Indigenous archaeology by provincial and federal sectors. The study focuses on one of the most fundamental components of archaeological inquiry: the Alberta archaeological site inventory. Using the historic documentary record, the paper determines the potential fur trade and historic Indigenous sites present in northern Alberta and examines archaeological records compiled in northern Alberta to assess their suitability to investigate historic peoples of that region.

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Archaeology in western Canada’s boreal forest, 2021

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This volume is dedicated to archaeology in western Canada’s boreal forest and includes papers that contribute to understandings of pre-contact and historic adaptations. The papers also shed light... More ≫

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This volume is dedicated to archaeology in western Canada’s boreal forest and includes papers that contribute to understandings of pre-contact and historic adaptations. The papers also shed light on how past people and archaeological studies in this region can inform work across the country. Paper topics include cultural resources management archaeology, ground stone artifacts, Early Pre-Contact Period sites, GIS and remote sensing, archaeological methods of site detection, fur trade archaeology, and radiocarbon dating in the boreal forest.

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Métis credible assertion capacity funding grant : application guidelines

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The Métis Credible Assertion Capacity Funding Grant focuses on increasing capacity for Métis organizations that are already in the Métis Credible Assertion process and have provided material... More ≫

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The Métis Credible Assertion Capacity Funding Grant focuses on increasing capacity for Métis organizations that are already in the Métis Credible Assertion process and have provided material submissions to the Alberta government. The grant will provide opportunity for participating Métis organizations to recover expenses incurred in the compilation of their assertion.

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First Nations Development Fund grant program guide. Third edition

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The objective of the First Nations Development Fund grant program is to support First Nation’s band councils in their efforts to improve socio-economic conditions in their communities. This guide... More ≫

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The objective of the First Nations Development Fund grant program is to support First Nation’s band councils in their efforts to improve socio-economic conditions in their communities. This guide is for use by First Nations’ staff that manage Fund projects in their First Nation.

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Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative - Cultural Stream application guidelines

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The Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative - Cultural Stream provides grant funding for Indigenous community-led initiatives that enhance, protect, or revitalize Indigenous languages, heritage,... More ≫

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The Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative - Cultural Stream provides grant funding for Indigenous community-led initiatives that enhance, protect, or revitalize Indigenous languages, heritage, culture, and arts. The application guidelines provide information on who is eligible and how to apply.

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A brief introduction to Indigenous Peoples in Alberta

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This booklet provides a quick look at the Indigenous cultures and communities in Alberta.

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The Wapiti Site (GfQu-30) : an Alberta clovis site in the bottleneck region of the ice-free corridor

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A cultural resource management survey conducted along the Wapiti River southwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta led to the identification of the Wapiti site (GfQu-30). Mitigative excavation of the... More ≫

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A cultural resource management survey conducted along the Wapiti River southwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta led to the identification of the Wapiti site (GfQu-30). Mitigative excavation of the site resulted in the recovery of a complete Clovis projectile point. This article describes the Wapiti Site, its context, and the corresponding implications for the inhabitability and peopling of the bottleneck region of the ice-free corridor during the Clovis complex.

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