AM – Cultural Topography of Traditional Indigenous Land Use at Pentlatch (Comox Valley) with Dr. Jesse Morin

Presenter: Dr. Jesse Morin
Time:  11:00 – 12:15 
Location:  Vanier TBD
Max: 80

Cultural Topography – This presentation provides details of a range of Indigenous cultural practices and values across familiar places across the Comox Valley.

Jesse Morin is an archaeologist and ethnohistorian who works for Tsleil-Waututh Nation, K’ómoks First Nation, and Takla Nation, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Archaeology at SFU and the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries at UBC. Jesse holds a PhD from UBC, and is a specialist in stone tools and the archaeology of Salish peoples. Much of his recent research has focussed on using ancient salmon DNA to interpret past fisheries.