YGM’s career webinar series focuses on Clovis Child
The Yellowstone Gateway Museum continues to present its free, live career webinar series, “Montana Native Peoples: Perspectives on the Clovis Child,” this fall.
Designed to inspire high school, tribal college and university students and educators, the museum also invites others interested in the history of Park County to register for the series.
The webinars explore the work of science and humanities professionals who have worked to gain an understanding of the Anzick Site in Park County, the skills necessary to become a professional in their field, and their day-to-day work. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions. The presentations will be uploaded to the museum’s YouTube channel soon after recording.
The “Clovis Child” refers to the 12,600 year-old Anzick Site in Park County – the oldest Clovis-era burial site in North America. Since it was first discovered in the 1960s, the site and the remains of the child buried there have been the focus of archaeological and scientific study, including DNA analysis. The child’s remains were reburied and repatriated at the site in 2014, amid much controversy centered on the need for tribal consultation prior to the study of the site, the associated artifacts and the child’s remains.
All live webinars are held on Tuesdays at 1:30pm.
– Nov. 3: “North America’s Ancient Past: A Personal Journey” with Sr. Research Specialist Dr. Sarah Anzick, Rocky Mountain Labs
– Nov. 10: “From Siberia to the Americas & Beyond: Becoming an Evolutionary Geneticist” with Geogeneticist Eske Willerslev
– Nov. 17: “Archaeology, Human Remains & the State Historic Preservation Office” with State Archaeologist Jessica Bush
– Nov. 24: “The Anzick Site & My Work as a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer” with Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Duane Reid
– Dec. 1: “Preserving & Interpreting History: A Curatorial Perspective” with Curator of Collections Amanda Trum, Montana Historical Society
Previous programs “Double Helixes in Medicine Wheel Country: Sacred Circles of Life & Love,” “Community History through the Lens of the Anzick Site” and “A Summary of the Anzick Site History” are available on the museum’s YouTube channel.
Reburial of Clovis Child, Anzick Site photo by Dr. Shane Doyle
The online webinar series is the first phase of a larger exhibit project. Because staff and volunteers could not travel to Montana reservations and meet with tribal members face-to-face due to the pandemic, the museum is offering this online series. Funded by a grant from Humanities Montana, the series began October 13 and continues through December 1. YGM is grateful to the Montana Office of Public Instruction for promoting the series and for additional support.
For more background information, search for MT Office of Public Instruction and Project Archaeology’s curriculum: Investigating the First Peoples, The Clovis Child Burial.
Visit www.yellowstonegatewaymuseum.org to register for the series and watch for announcements on the museum’s Facebook page. •
