Mieux Connaître Le Ndakinna : La Contribution De L’archéologie Collaborative Au Processus D’affirmation Territoriale De La Nation Abénakise

Abstract

O povo Abénaki, “aqueles do pais do sol nascente”, constitui a Primeira Nação algonquina localizada no Sul da província canadense do Quebec. Ndakinna é o território ancestral dos Abenakis. Eles consideram o território como um espaço incluindo a ocupação física, o uso dos recursos e a cultura. Os dados sobre a ocupação humana do Ndakinna permanecem, porém, pouco conhecidos. Desde 1979, o Grande Conselho da Naçao Waban-Aki, habilitado pelo Conselho dos Abénakis de Odanak e o Conselho dos Abénakis de Wôlinak, tem como missão garantir o futuro da Nação Abénaki. Para este fim, o Grande Conselho usa estudos especializados para garantir a defesa dos direitos, dos interesses e a preservação da cultura da Nação.

Discussion - Archaeological Heritage and Local Communities: A Force of Change in the Contemporary World

“…Note in this context that almost all Indigenous archaeological sites in Québec have no visible surface indication (Desrosiers, 2018;Moss, 2018). Fortunately, some Indigenous nations in Québec, such as the Huron-Wendat (Hawkins & Lesage, this volume;Lesage, personal communication 2018) and the Waban-Aki (Treyvaud et al, 2018), have partnered with university research archaeologists to undertake their own archaeological surveys in an effort to demarcate ancestral territories, travel routes, and land use patterns, indigenizing and decolonizing the Québec landscape in the process.…”

“…The Nunatsiavut and Southern Inuit of Labrador, in partnership with archaeologists and students from Memorial University, Newfoundland, have taken control of their archaeological heritage and are using archaeology to assert their Indigenous rights to land, resources, and cultural identity (Gaulton & Rankin, this volume). La Nation Waban-Aki (Bureau du Ndakinna) is using archaeological data to enhance data from other disciplines (e.g., geography, wildlife biology, fisheries, history) and Indigenous knowledge (oral history) to demarcate its territory and to manage natural resources (Treyvaud et al, 2018). Similarly, the Huron-Wendat (Bureau Nionwentsïo) are collaborating with archaeologists to gain control of ancestral sites and human remains, to decolonize archaeology and their history, and to strengthen territorial and resource sovereignty (Hawkins and Lesage, this volume).…”