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By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com \u200bPiikani Nation Elder Harley Bastien calls technology \u201ca double-edged sword,\u201d but he\u2019s quick to say that the DStretch software enhancement program is a positive thing. The program allowed Bastien and other Elders to interpret paintings on rocks in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Bastien is one of about 30 Elders who collaborated with former Parks Canada archeologist Brad Himour on the book Forgotten Dreams: A New Look at Ancient Rock Art Sites. Himour took photographs of the rock art and used NASA-developed DStretch technology to enhance even the faded parts of the pictographs. Elders were able to view the photographs and provide interpretations. Recording events on stone is one of many traditions impacted when Europeans arrived on Indigenous lands, said Bastien…. <\/p>\n

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By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com \u200bPiikani Nation Elder Harley Bastien calls technology \u201ca double-edged sword,\u201d but he\u2019s quick to say that the DStretch software enhancement program is a positive thing. The program allowed Bastien and other Elders to interpret paintings on rocks in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Bastien is one of about 30 Elders who collaborated with former Parks Canada archeologist Brad Himour on the book Forgotten Dreams: A New Look at Ancient Rock Art Sites. Himour took photographs of the rock art and used NASA-developed DStretch technology to enhance even the faded parts of the pictographs. Elders were able to view the photographs and provide interpretations. Recording events on stone is one of many traditions impacted when Europeans arrived on Indigenous lands, said Bastien.... <\/p>\n

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