Ratsénhaienhs Ross Montour attending Archaeologists Conference

04/28/2023

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to inform the community that Ratsénhaienhs Ross Montour will be participating in this weekend’s 40th Edition of the Association of Quebec Archaeologists Conference in Mont-Tremblant.

“We will be making a presentation on the Tio’tia:ke Project,” said Ratsénhaienhs Ross Montour, who holds the Indigenous Rights & Research Portfolio. “The MCK has been working in partnership with the University of Montreal and the Pointe-à-Callière Museum on the Tio’tia:ke Project, which is aimed at establishing our territorial presence along the St. Lawrence River and the site once visited by explorer Jacques Cartier in the 16th century.”

Also attending the conference will be MCK’s Archaeology Technicians Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle and Kelly Marquis and Archaeology Consultant Gaetan Nolet.

The conference begins today (Friday) and goes until Sunday, April 30th, 2023.

Ratsénhaienhs Ross Montour returns to the office on Monday, May 1, 2023.