Archeology students dig for 15th-century Iroquois artifacts
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha site in Quebec's Montrgie was pre-colonial home to St. Lawrence Iroquois
Students from the University of Montreal will be spending the month of August in St-Anicet, Que., digging for artifacts left behind by the St. LawrenceIroquois tribe back in the 1400s.
This archeological exercise is taking place at theDroulers-TsiionhiakwathaArcheological Site Interpretation Centre, currentlylocated in a spot where hundreds of Iroquois lived in the pre-colonial days.
The siteis open to the public and is operated in close collaboration with the Mohawks in Akwesasne, who also belong to the Iroquois FirstNation.
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha alsofeatures replica longhouses, the typical dwellings used by the St. LawrenceIroquois.
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Based on a report by Bruno Coulombe, Radio-Canada