01586nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001600054245004200070856014500112300001400257490000700271520117400278       2023                            d  c2023///1 aA. Sardarli00aIndigenous artefacts and oral stories  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85175574914&doi=10.3828%2fbjcs.2023.12&partnerID=40&md5=d1c3a16c08b4573450b1723e2698b934  a209-230, 0 v353 aThis article presents the results of studies conducted by Canadian academics in collaboration with Sturgeon Lake and Pelican Narrows First Nations communities (Saskatchewan, Canada). The objectives of the project were: (1) developing a research ethics protocol for collecting, studying, and preserving indigenous artefacts; (2) measurements of chemical compositions of artefacts; (3) collecting oral stories of Elders. Within the project, two workshops were organized in Pelican Narrows and Sturgeon Lake. Post-secondary students were trained to work on the project. The laboratory measurements of chemical compositions of artefacts were conducted at the Scanning Electron Microscope Laboratory (University of Alberta), and the Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory (University of Saskatchewan). The carbon-dating measurements were carried out at André E. Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (University of Ottawa). The statistical analysis of chemical compositions was conducted in order to test the provenance similarities of artefacts. The project was supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage. © 2023 Liverpool University Press. All rights reserved.