A recent article on the Musqueam Indian Band’s (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) website features information about their ground penetrating radar (GPR) partnership with UBC Anthropology — specifically with Dr. Andrew Martindale’s team at the Laboratory of Archaeology.
Musqueam and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have been working together to use ground penetrating radar (GPR) to search for ancestors in a culturally-informed way. Long before GPR became part of public conversation about Indian Residential Schools, Musqueam and UBC were using the technology to locate and identify unmarked graves in Musqueam’s cemeteries.
Today, this relationship continues to grow and has made Musqueam a national leader in First Nations-led GPR work and training.
“Musqueam and UBC have been working to find ancestors with GPR since 2006, building out of an archaeological partnership that has its roots going back to the 1940s ... Over the years the Musqueam-UBC partnership has helped communities beyond Musqueam, including in residential school landscapes.”
Dr. Andrew Martindale
