Territorial Acknowledgement
The University of Alberta, its buildings, labs and research stations are primarily located on the territory of the Néhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Nakoda (Stoney), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway/Saulteaux), lands that are now known as part of Treaties 6, 7 and 8 and homeland of the Métis. The University of Alberta respects the sovereignty, lands, histories, languages, knowledge systems and cultures of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations.
Last year the department of Anthropology renamed two of its collections the Bryan / Gruhn Archaeology and the Bryan / Gruhn Ethnographic Collections to honour founding curators and longtime donors, Professors Emeriti, Drs. Alan Bryan and Ruth Gruhn. In April we erected plaques outside the two collections and Dr Gruhn and the collection curators (Pamela Willoughby and Pamela Mayne Correia) participated in short unveiling ceremonies.