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In my almost twenty-year career with Parks Canada, I have had the opportunity to attend powwows, meetings with council members, and ceremonies held by Indigenous groups throughout Ontario. In my role as an Indigenous person who is also an archaeologist, I take these opportunities to share our history through a different lens: that of the artifact. Artifacts may be only remnants left behind by the people who went before us, but to me, holding an artifact is like shaking hands with the ancestors. Artifacts are teachers who have their own stories of how they were created, utilized, and sometimes, discarded. I encourage other Indigenous people who may have never seen a sherd of Indigenous ceramic or an intricately flaked projectile point to hold them and see the technical and artistic skills needed to create them, and to feel pride in knowing that our ancestors created these objects that have lasted thousands of years. Often, Elders and others attending these functions will teach me a ....