AGM and Seasonal Social

Members Meeting -  Wednesday December 16th 2015

 The Library Restaurant - in The Study -  6:30 PM

AGM and Seasonal Social

December is the time that we have our AGM and invite our members to elect our upcoming executive that will guide the chapter's  activities over the next year. Nominations for executive positions of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are invited and are open up to the time that the meeting is called to order. The agenda for the meeting will be brief and include a succinct report from our president, treasurer and secretary followed by any nominations and the election.

Our venue for the meeting and social will be in a small lounge on the lower level of the Library Restaurant in downtown Midland - http://www.thelibraryrestaurant.ca/thestudy.html - that has a decent menu and bar. All members and guests will be responsible for their own meal and bar costs.

The Library Restaurant & The Study

526 Hugel Ave. Midland, On - phone 705 528-0100

. http://www.thelibraryrestaurant.ca/index.html

Those who want to arrive early and take advantage of the upstairs restaurant menu should make reservations.

FB page - https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

FB group - www.facebook.com/groups/Huronia.chapter/

Aboriginal People and Archaeology in Ontario

Members Meeting -  Wednesday November 11th 2015

 Wildfire Outdoor Education Centre -  7 PM

Aboriginal People and Archaeology in Ontario

Presented by - Dr. Gary Warrick of Wilfred Laurier University.

Over the last two decades, Aboriginal people have been involved more and more in archaeology in Ontario. Archaeologists and Aboriginal communities are working together, resulting in changes to how archaeology is carried out in the province. This talk will present a history of Aboriginal involvement in Ontario archaeology and will show with some examples how archaeology is changing in the 21st century.

Wildfire Outdoor Education Centre, 69 Concession Rd 4 East, Wyevale, Ontario.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Wildfire+Outdoor+Education+Centre/@44.6442603,-79.9117605,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xaba2f25d734ca0ff

FB page - https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

FB group - www.facebook.com/groups/Huronia.chapter/

OAS Symposium Update and Volunteer sign up.

Members Meeting -  Wednesday September 9th 2015

 Midland Public Library 7 PM

OAS Symposium Update and Volunteer sign up.

This is our last meeting prior to the symposium.

 Symposium update:

·         Symposium registration, how are we doing so far, deadlines for early registration discount.

·         Program - exciting developments and what to expect. Check out the program at - http://wendatcircles.org

·         Finances - Fundraising and Sponsorship update and opportunities.

·         Bookroom and Silent auction - what to expect and what you might contribute.

·         Volunteer opportunities still available - see specific task signup sheet attached - we need your help.

Midland Public Library boardroom. 320 King St Midland Ontario.

FB page - https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

FB group - www.facebook.com/groups/Huronia.chapter/

chapter blog - http://www.oashuroniachapter.com/

Volunteer activities

Please complete the form, save and email it back or bring it to the meeting.

Pre-conference (Sept-Oct)

-          Producing name tags

-          Putting together registration packages

-          Getting items for registration packages

o   Map of Midland

o   Pens?

Conference set up

-          Putting up signage

o   Directions to book room & silent auction

o   Signage related to sponsors

-          Moving book room materials downstairs on Thursday afternoon and back out on Sunday.

-          Helping Ellen set up silent auction

During the conference

-          Staffing registration desk

-          Staffing silent auction room

-          A.V. trouble shooting

-          Putting up and taking down posters

-          Stage management at reception and banquet

Volunteers – please record this information

Name:

Date and time available:

Contact information:

Skills:

Chapter Summer Social

Members Meeting -  Thursday August 13th 2015

 Raynor's Home - 4 PM

Chapter Summer Social

BBQ and Pool party with updates re the symposium and other chapter activities.

 Hosted by Marg & John Raynor

Summary: This has been an interesting year as we try to balance our activities with our role as hosts for the OAS symposium in October and our regular chapter activities. We have had a few small meetings and a couple of larger ones, all have which have appealed to various segments of our membership.

While we need to keep our "eye on the ball" when it come to planning for what is shaping up to be a fantastic symposium, we also want to serve the needs of our members that are not yet involved in this process. As you are aware, we will need volunteers to share the load at the symposium and we hope to have a volunteer  schedule ready for this meeting. Beyond this, the executive would like to hear from the membership regarding our aims, goals, objectives and plans with an "eye to the future" - after the symposium.

Come with your ideas for our future and as we share this social event - let's talk.

Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

bring a friend.

our street address:

 83 Balm Beach Road East - Perkinsfield, On.

about 5 minutes west of Midland off of Hwy 93

705 526 4927

FB page - https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

FB group - www.facebook.com/groups/Huronia.chapter/

chapter blog - http://www.oashuroniachapter.com/

"Events of Champlain's First Night in Wendak

Please join us for a presentation on :

"Events of Champlain's First Night in Wendake"

Where - Awenda Provincial Park amphitheatre.

When - August 1st - 8PM

This program promises to be both entertaining and informative with a little education thrown in.

This event is free of charge to all guests of Awenda Park  and the public at large.

This event is co hosted courtesy of Awenda Provincial Park and the Huronia chapter of the Ontario archaeological Society.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Circles of Interaction: The Wendat and Their Neighbours in the Time of Champlain

http://wendatcircles.org/index.php/en/welcomeCircles of Interaction: The Wendat and Their 
Neighbours in the Time of Champlain

Presents

Circles of Interaction:

The Wendat and Their Neighbours in the Time of Champlain

Annual Symposium October 16th - 18th 2015

Hosted by the Huronia chapter of the OAS at the Best Western in Midland .

For more information see - wendatcircles.org

The OAS symposium website is now up and available for online program and room registration.

Call for Silent Auction Donations

Ontario Archaeological Society 42nd Annual Symposium

Hosted by the Huronia Chapter

in partnership with the

Eastern States Archaeological Federation and Huron Wendat Nation

Midland Best Western Highland Inn, October 16-18, 2015

Call for Silent Auction Donations

The Silent Auction is a popular event during the OAS Symposium and a 

great way to raise money for the Society. To ensure the success of our 

one and only annual fundraiser, we need your help!

Please consider donating new or gently used items such as archaeology 

and history books, services, jewelry, antiques, crafts, tools, gift 

certificates, gift baskets, etc. This is also a great opportunity for 

businesses to showcase their products and services. All donations will 

be acknowledged on silent auction donor boards during the symposium and 

in the program package. You will also receive much personal gratitude 

from your silent auction organizing committee!

Last year, several OAS chapters assembled and donated unique one-of-a 

kind gift baskets with items that showcased their chapter and regions. 

These were a big hit with our bidders and we hope that more chapters 

will participate this year!

Silent auction donation items are now being accepted for the OAS 2015 

Symposium. Please contact Ellen Blaubergs at eblaubergs@rogers.com

by October 13, 2015 and include the following information: donor name 

and contact info, description of item(s) to be donated, value of 

donation, minimum/starting bid (if you like). Please also indicate if 

you are bringing the donation to the symposium, giving it to someone to 

bring, or would like to send/courier it. We’ll provide an address if you 

prefer this last method.

Thank you for your support!

We are now on Twitter @OASHuronia.

For anyone interested in the archaeology of the Huronia Chapter of the Ontario Archaeology Society, we are now on 

Twitter @OASHuronia.

Atironta - Presented by - Dr. John Steckley

Members Meeting -  Wednesday July 8th 2015

 Midland Public Library - 7 PM

Atironta

(the Rock nation leader with whom Champlain stayed during his 1615-16 visit to Huronia)

 Presented by - Dr. John Steckley

Author And Lecturer

Summary:  In 2015 we have seen, and will continue to see a lot of attention on the historic persona of Samuel de Champlain, as part of the 400th year commemoration of his trip to Ontario. Efforts are being made to look at the other side of the trip, the Wendat side. One way of doing that is learning about Atironta (‘he draws or attracts’), the Rock nation leader with whom Champlain stayed. There is a great deal of story to tell. In this presentation I will talk both about the individual, and about the history and significance about his name

Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

Please note that Midland Public Library has graciously offered their Assembly Room on the lower floor for this event.

320 King St Midland, ON L4R 3M6

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Midland+Public+Library/@44.748477,-79.884671,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xe01216aedc0ecb7

https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

The Wendat of Tay Point

Members Meeting -  Wednesday June 10th 2015

 Wildfire Outdoor Education Centre - 7 PM

The Wendat of Tay Point

Presented by - Presented by - Dr. Bonnie Glencross and Dr. Gary Warrick

Summary:  Tay Point holds the remains of several Wendat villages. Given the limits of its geography and Wendat ecology, Tay Point probably hosted only one Wendat community for 250 years - 1400 - 1650. Field investigations at the Allen Tract site , and recent analysis of a collection from the nearby Chew site, both early 17th century sites, indicate that they are probably mother-daughter villages - a sequential move of the same community. There is the distinct possibility that the Allen Tract site and Chew site are actually the remains of Carhagouha and Quieunonascaran, the two village sites visited by Le Caron, Champlain, and Sagard. The challenges of identifying the archaeological remains of known historic Wendat villages will be discussed. 

Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

Please note that Wildfire Outdoor Education Centre has graciously offered their facilities for this event.

Address: 69 Concession Road 4 E, Wyevale, ON L0L 2T0

east off of Simcoe County Rd 6 south of Wyevale

https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

30 years digging on the Ball site.

Members Meeting -  Wednesday May 13th 2015

 Midland Public Library - 7 PM

30 years digging on the Ball site.

Presenter - Isobel Ball

Isobel will be speaking about her 30 years in digging on the Ball site. Isobel is a senior partner in Archaeological Research Associates and Dr. Dean Knight's assistant at the excavation of the proto-historic Wendat Village called the Ball Site. Isobel is currently a primary school teacher from Midland and brings a wealth of experience and insight into the  most important village excavation in the latter half of the 20th Century. Isobel will provide a PowerPoint presentation to augment her remarks on this long-term project in Huronia.

Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

Please note that the Midland Public Library has graciously offered their boardroom for this event.

http://www.midlandlibrary.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

Collections Management for Archaeological Collections

Members Meeting -  Wednesday April 8th 2015

 Midland Public Library - 7 PM

Collections Management for Archaeological Collections

Presenter - Rosemary Vyvyan

Rosemary teaches Collections Management for the Museum and Gallery Studies Program at Georgian College.  In her presentation to the Huronia Chapter of the OAS she will discuss some of the important areas that should be considered by archaeologists in the management of their collections.  This illustrated presentation will focus on creating archaeological records and the care and handling of collections.

 

 Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

Please note that the Midland Public Library has graciously offered their boardroom for this event.

http://www.midlandlibrary.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety

Field school Simcoe County

Dr. Alicia Hawkins - The Ahatsitstari (Allen Tract) site

Members Meeting -  Wednesday February 11th 2015

 Midland Public Library - 7 PM

Presenter - Dr. Alicia Hawkins:  The Ahatsitstari (Allen Tract) site

In 2013 a member of the Huronia chapter noticed evidence of illegal digging at an unregistered site near Penetanguishene. Members of the Huronia chapter were active in the registering and remediation of the site. In this presentation I will discuss what we learned about this site based on the materials recovered from screening backdirt and from the stage 2 investigations by the Laurentian University field school. We thank the Huron-Wendat Nation for support for on-going work on their ancestral sites. 

Dr. Alicia Hawkins

Dr. Hawkins is an anthropological archaeologist with a particular interest in methods. During her graduate career she undertook fieldwork in Egypt, Syria, and Ghana. The Middle Stone Age technocomplex, the Aterian, was the subject of her doctoral dissertation. Since completion of her dissertation she has focused on work in Ontario. She has particularly enjoyed teaching an archaeological field methods course for undergraduate students and has been privileged to have been able to work on a number of Huron Wendat sites in Simcoe County.

http://www.midlandlibrary.com/

Please note that the Midland Public Library has graciously offered their Assembly Room (lower level) for this event.

Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

https://www.facebook.com/HuroniaChapterOfTheOntarioArchaeologySociety