The Canadian Press An Alberta First Nation in the province’s oilsands region is seeking more control over the traces left by ancestors on their traditional lands. “We’d like to manage our historical resources,” said Shaun Janvier of the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, which considers a vast tract of land in northern Alberta its territory. “The archeology is directly linked to the native people in the area. It belongs to us.” Chipewyan Prairie is one of the first bands in Alberta to begin developing a cultural resources policy in an attempt to have more say in how artifacts and the places they come from are found, studied, preserved and displayed. It’s a move that’s long overdue, said Kisha Supernant, director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University…
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