LiDAR-Assisted Heritage Resource Assessment of Indigenous Lands in Saskatchewan's Western Boreal Forest

萨斯喀彻温省理工学院（SaskPoly）与大河第一民族（BRFN）和萨斯喀彻温省考古学会（SAS）合作，进行为期三年的研究，旨在利用传统知识和光探测和测距（LiDAR）系统定位遗产资源和文化重要区域。机载激光雷达数据将用于对萨斯喀彻温省中西部约1844公顷的北方森林进行首次评估。该分析将用于确定与交通走廊和人类居住地相一致的地形特征。将部署遥控飞机系统，以便在有希望的地形特征与通过传统知识调查获得的见解相结合的地点获得更多细节。然后将与BRFN和SAS合作进行地面调查，以验证调查过程中确定的可能的遗产资源地点。我们将与BRFN的长老和知识守护者密切合作，计划和实施这些地面调查，并制定适当的协议，以访问和记录文化遗址。研究团队希望在目前分配用于木材采伐的林地上促进创新和发现遗产资源，这些林地位于第6条约领土内。在BRFN的指导下，研究小组将创建一个由长老、知识保持者和社区成员组成的社区咨询理事会（CAC），以指导项目的工作。任何遗产资源的发现都将由BRFN社区成员监督，以确保遵守研究相关成果的所有权，控制权，访问权和拥有权（OCAPr）原则。从这项研究中获得的好处可能包括在遗产资源的激光雷达检测的工作流程和方法的进步，在森林地形中的林地克里的文化和历史足迹的扩大认识，以及在森林采伐或任何其他形式的工业发展之前主动确定遗产地的潜力。每年将举办两次研讨会，重点介绍研究过程的不同步骤随着研究的进展。这些讲习班将在大河原住民设施和阿尔伯特亲王的萨斯喀彻温理工学院校园内举行。所有社区成员的可访问性对我们来说很重要，并且是互惠原则的一部分，通过互惠原则，我们将与社区分享知识。

Saskatchewan Polytechnic (SaskPoly) is partnering with Big River First Nation (BRFN), and Saskatchewan Archaeological Society (SAS), to conduct a three-year research study aimed at locating heritage resources and culturally significant areas using traditional knowledge and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems. Airplane-mounted LiDAR data will be used to conduct a first pass assessment of approximately 1844 ha of west-central Saskatchewan boreal forest. The analysis will be used to locate terrain features consistent with transportation corridors and human habitation. Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) will be deployed to gain additional detail at locations where promising terrain features converge with insights gained through traditional knowledge inquiry. Ground surveys will then be conducted in collaboration with BRFN and SAS to validate likely heritage resource sites identified during the investigative process. We will work closely with Elders and Knowledge Keepers of the BRFN to plan and conduct these ground surveys with appropriate protocols for accessing and documenting cultural sites.The research team is looking to foster innovation and discovery of heritage resources on forested land currently allocated for timber harvesting and located within Treaty 6 territory. With the BRFN's guidance the research team will create a Community Advisory Council (CAC) composed of Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and community members to guide the work of the project. Any discoveries of heritage resources will be overseen by BRFN community members to ensure compliance with principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAPr) of research-related results. Benefits accrued from this research are likely to include advances in the workflow and methods of LiDAR detection of heritage resources, expanded awareness of the cultural and historical footprint of the Woodland Cree in forested terrain, and the potential to proactively identify heritage sites in advance of forest harvesting or any other form of industrial development.Workshops will be held twice a year to highlight different steps of the research process as the study progresses. These workshops will take place within Big River First Nations facilities and on Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus in Prince Albert. Accessibility for all community members is important to us, and forms part of the principle of reciprocity through which we will share knowledge back with the community.