Tag Archives: Indigenous people

Canada’s Difficulty with Reconciliation

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Barry Pomeroy

The rediscovery of unmarked gravesites at the Kamloops residential school in the summer of 2021 brought a grisly history into the public eye. Although people had found bones on the site before, the use of ground penetrating radar went a … Continue reading →

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Don’t Tell the Archaeologist

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Barry Pomeroy

My friend was flanked by two Inuit elders as she repeatedly picked up and asked about bones found on the ground. “A walrus rib,” the elder would reply, and then my friend would be off after another object. She knew … Continue reading →

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A Response to the Signs

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Barry Pomeroy

When a sign about the exploitation of children went up in my neighbourhood, I thought little about it, partly because it didn’t look professional enough to have come from the desk of an official service. Instead, it had more in … Continue reading →

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