Conference Presentations, Keynotes, and Invited Lectures

2026

March 14, 2026 — Seedy Saturday.

Terra Preta in the North.

June 3–6, 2026 — Quaternary Association of Canada (QAC), McGill University. Free public talk with McGill’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives.

Opening Keynote: The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

Giant Animals (Megafauna) in Paleontology and Archaeology: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives.

Songs Our Ancestors Sing: Megafauna Relations in the Western Hemisphere Archaeological Record.

2025

May 9–11, 2025 — TAG North America (Theoretical Archaeology Group), William & Mary University. Plenary Speaker.

The Indigenous Paleolithic.

2025 — World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Darwin, Australia (virtual). Invited Lecture.

The Indigenous Paleolithic.

April 23–27, 2025 — Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Denver. Invited session lecture.

Un-erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic.

January 30, 2025 — Caldwell First Nation, Windsor, ON. Invited Plenary Lecture.

Deep History of the NE USA and Southern Ontario.

March 3, 2025 — Sault Ste. Marie Horticultural Society. Invited presentation.

Terra Preta.

March 28, 2025 — Great Lakes Research Association (LLSN).

Terra Preta food security research in the Great Lakes area.

April 2025 — Film premiere, Blind River First Nation.

Ancient Americas.

2024

June 19, 2024 — Round Table, Algoma University.

Environmental Governance and Rights of Nature: Movements for Water, Biodiversity and Self-Determination.

July 12, 2024 — Niigaaniin, Thessalon. Community Lecture and Podcast.

Reclaiming Indigenous History and Science.

September 24, 2024 — Concordia University, Geography class. Invited Guest Lecture.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

September 25–26, 2024 — Royal Ontario Museum & University of Toronto.

Ancient Americas — Documentary Screening and Lecture.

October 22–27, 2024 — McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University, UK.

Indigenous People and Archaeology.

November 13–17, 2024 — International Conference on Pan-Pacific Indigenous Archaeology; National Cheng Kung University & the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO).

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

2023

Jan 3-8 Society for Historical Archaeology Lisbon, Portugal. Conference presentation. 

Boarding and Residential Schools: Healing, Survivance and Indigenous Persistence Searching for Unmarked Burials at Residential Schools in Canada: Leave no Child Behind.

Feb 7th Concordia University, First Peoples Studies. Invited guest lecture.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

Feb 17th Department of Anthropology the University of Manitoba. Invited guest lecture

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

Feb. 28th Archaeology Institute of America and the Archaeology Center University of Toronto. Invited symposium lecture. 

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

March 2nd-3rd Nipissing University North Bay,  Indigenous Week, Keynote Lecture.

Un-erasing The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

April 4th University of Oklahoma Department of Anthropology. Invited guest lecture.

Deconstructing Racism in American Archaeology: The Indigenous Paleolithic.

April 15th-16th NABA, Native American Bar Association, Keynote, Albuquerque, NM.

Reclaiming Indigenous Histories and Deep Links to Ancestors and Lands of Turtle Island.

April 26th Stanford University Archaeology Symposium. Invited symposium lecture.

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

May 3rd-6th Canadian Archaeology Association Conference. Invited Round Table

Residential Schools and Unmarked Burials.

June 8th Crow Canyon Archaeology Center. Invited Symposium/Podcast lecture.

Un-erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-claiming and Re-Writing the Indigenous Past of the Western Hemsiphere (the Americas).

July 13th-20th 2023 ROME INQUA International Union for Quaternary Research. Invited conference presentation.

Session 56: The Paleolithic of the Americas: population dynamics, behavioral variability and techno-cultural diversity around the Last Glacial Maximum (MIS 2-3) Ciprian F. Ardelean & Antonio Pérez-Balarezo.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (The Americas).

Did not attend due to personal reasons. This lecture will be a book chapter with all papers from this session 2025.

2022

Feb, 17th Archaeological Conservancy (USA) Archaeology’s Place in Healing and Reconciliation: Reclaiming the Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere. 

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere, reclaiming Indigenous history in the Western Hemisphere, how archaeologists can work for and with Indigenous communities in reclaiming history, and challenging racism and discrimination.

Feb 24th Two Worlds Consulting. Healing and Reconciliation Seminar.

The Power of Reclaiming History and Truth-Telling. Weaving paths to healing and reconciliation through truth-telling and education.

March 2nd UBC OK. Invited anthropology class lecture.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

March 30th Canadian Archaeology Association. Archaeology Of and In the Contemporary World.

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas) .

April 16th Arizona State University. Invited Guest lecture. Deep History and Community Joy Events.

Reclaiming and Rewriting Indigenous Histories: Paths to Healing and  Reconciliation.

April 27th  March 21st  Keynote speaker. Seminole Tribe of Florida, Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Strategic Planning Retreat.

Reclaiming Indigenous History and Links to Homelands.

May 30th-31st NAISA regional conference, Lakehead University.  Conference presentation. Telling Our Own Stories: Indigenous Self-Determination in Data and Research.

Indigenous Science: Reinterpreting Data to Reclaim and Rewrite Indigenous History.

June 16th Lillooet Regional Library and six Sea to Sky Libraries in British Columbia. Invited Guest lecture.

Reclaiming and Rewriting the deep Indigenous Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

Sept 16th Brown University. Writing Global Histories Today. Invited Guest lecture. New History of Humanity

Conference. Pyroepistomology: Rewriting Global Histories.

Sept 26th-30th WIPCE World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Adelaide, Australia. Conference Presentation.

Reclaiming Indigenous Histories Paths to Healing and Decolonizing Minds and Hearts.

Sept 29th-30th York University Indigenous Initiatives Keynote Lecture.

Reclaiming and Rewriting Indigenous Histories of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

Oct 17th IPIA University of Alberta, Indigenous Archaeology. Invited Guest lecture.  

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

Oct 27th UBC History Symposium. Archives and Their Discontents. Invited Guest lecture.

Silencing of Indigenous Histories and Voices in Academia and  Archives.

Oct 29th Ontario Archaeology Society Symposium. Conference presentation.

Indigenous Archaeologies of Reclaiming and Revivance.

Nov 22nd Ontario Archaeology Society Invited guest lecture

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

2021

March 4th United States Department of the Interior  Bureau of Oceans and Energy Management  Tribal  Oceans Summit Underwater Paleolandscapes and Cultural Heritage.

Pleistocene Archaeological Sites of the NE USA. Acknowledging a Human presence on the Continental Shelf  and in the NE USA prior to 9,000 years ago.

April 29th Flinders University, Archaeology Research Seminar Series.

Finding Home: Reviving, Reclaiming, and Rewriting the Indigenous Past for the Present.

June 24th Algoma University Board of Governors, AU Researcher of the Month, Research Presentation.

CRC Chair Research Dr. Paulette Steeves.

July 21st Register of Professional Archaeologists USA, Register of Professional Archaeologists UK.

RPA Ethics Workshop and Unmarked Burials.

July 22nd Inaugural Seminar in the Manchester Museum Indigenizing Museums Indigenous Experts Series.

Finding Home Reviving, Reclaiming, and Rewriting the Indigenous Past for the Present.

Aug 2nd Indigenous Knowledge Conference.

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

Aug 20th Phoenix College- Maricopa Community Colleges. Workshop.

Implementing Indigeneity: Co-Creating Institutional Spaces for Indigenous Innovation.

Sept 30th Algoma University, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day.

Telling our Truths: Remembering the Children.

Oct 7th University of Southampton, UK. Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO) Seminar Series-Rebecca Ferreira organizer.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

Oct 16th Long Ago Yukon.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

Oct 23rd Ontario Archaeology Symposium. Oral Histories and Archaeology.

Archaeology’s Place in Reclaiming and Reconciliation: Supporting Indigenous Archaeologies and Paths to Healing.

Oct 26th Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Finding Home: Reviving, Reclaiming, and Rewriting the Indigenous Past for the Present.

Dec 2nd Trent University Archaeology Seminar and research presentation.

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.

2020

Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight” 2020 Indigenous History Conference. Bridgewater State University, MA, (Virtual).

Reclaiming and Reviving Deep Indigenous Histories on Turtle Island.

Algoma University. Keynote Address, 4th Bi Ennual Anishnaabe Knowledge and Research. Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Pyro-epistemology: Indigenous Research Methodology Weaving Paths to Healing

Anishinaabe Inendamowin Research Symposium. Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Pyroepistomology: Indigenous Research Methodology Weaving Paths to Healing.

2019

Oct 8th Algoma University Plenary Lecture: 5th Annual Universities Canada Building Reconciliation Forum

Pyroepistomology: Reviving and Reclaiming Humanities and Human Rights after Genocide.

There can be no Reconciliation or Healing without Truth.

Nov19th Canadian Bureau for International Education 2019 Conference. Winnipeg. Paulette Steeves & Dean Donna Rogers. Lecture-Workshop

Decolonizing Minds Weaving Indigenous Knowledge through International Education.

Nov 21st. Vancouver. Canadian Anthropology Society and The American Anthropology Society Annual Conference. Changing Climates: Struggle, Collaboration, and Justice.

Pyroepistomology and Changing Climates in American Archaeology: Acknowledging the Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

May 8th Third Biennial Symposium on Gdo Akiiminaan Ganawendandaan (Taking Care of Our Land) Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Caring for Relations on the Land: Respect and Reciprocity in Handling Artifacts.

2018

56th International Congress of Americanists, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

Re-Claiming and Re-Writing the Past through Indigenous Voices and Worldviews.

2017

Mansbridge Summit, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.

Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing.

Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. Session: Applying Indigenous frameworks for archaeological analysis.

Indigenous Method and Theory in Archaeology.

2016

University of Montana at Missoula, Student Archaeology Conference. Key Note Lecture.

Decolonizing Indigenous Histories in Archeology; Pleistocene Archaeology Sites of the Americas.

Long Ago Yukon, at the Beringa Center, Whitehorse, YK, Skype lecture.

The American Paleolithic: Decolonizing Indigenous Histories and Archaeology.

University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Student Divest and Native American Student Association. Guest Speaker.

No Dakota Access Pipeline Awareness and fundraising event.

Five Colleges Consortium, Amherst Massachusetts. Native American Studies Program, Amherst College.

The American Paleolithic: Decolonizing Indigenous Histories and Archaeology.

New England Antiquities Association, Annual Fall Meeting, Massachusetts.

The American Paleolithic: Decolonizing Indigenous Histories and Archaeology. 2016.

The Claremont Academy, Charlemont, Massachusetts.

The Importance of Indigenous Peoples Day.

World Archaeological Congress 8, Kyoto, Japan.

Alternative Heritage Futures.Heritage as Legacy of Colonial Violence and Indigenous Persistence.          

World Archaeological Congress 8.  Kyoto, Japan. Session Co-Chair and presenter.  

Archaeology in Education (tertiary) Linking Land to Heart, Mind and Heritage. 

Association of Critical Heritage Studies. 3rd Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada. Heritage and the Late Modern State.

Un-Erasing the Indigenous Paleolithic: Re-Writing the Ancient Pleistocene Past of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas).

Organization of American Historians. Providence, RI.

Honoring Ancestors: Indigenous Leaders and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).

2015      

The 48th Annual Chacmool Conference. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. Shallow Pasts, Endless Horizons:

Sustainability & Archaeology. Sustaining a Meaningful Archaeology through Ceremonies of Research.       

16th Annual American Indian Studies Association Conference. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. Sustainability of Traditional Language, Culture and Knowledge”.

Since Time Immemorial: Oral Traditions of the Ancient Past.

2014    

21st Annual Tribal Education Conference. Poplar, Montana. “The Year of the Child: Tribilizing Education”.

Indigenizing Curriculum.       

2013

Society for American Archaeology 78th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Symposium, Shifting Archaeological Borders and Boundaries. Decolonizing History and Academia. Session organizer and chair.

Rebuilding Bridges to the Indigenous Past. 

2012    

Columbia University, New York, NY.  Indigenous Spaces: Pushing the Boundaries of History, Bodies, Geographies, and Politics.

Decolonizing Indigenous Histories.

American Anthropology Society 111th Annual Meeting, San Francisco.  Borders and Crossings. Indigenous Spaces.  Pushing the Borders and Boundaries of Histories, Bodies, Geography and Politics. Session organizer and co-chair.

Turning the earth of a Colonial Terra Nullius: Decolonizing Indigenous Histories. 

State University of New York at Binghamton, English Department and American Studies. Shifting Tides Anxious Borders.

Turning the earth of a Colonial Terra Nullius: Decolonizing Indigenous Histories.     

State University of New York at Binghamton, Philosophy Interpretation and Culture Graduate Student Conference.

Decolonizing Indigenous Histories in Knowledge Production.

State University of New York at Buffalo. Indigenous Story Tellers and Native American Studies Conference.

Reclaiming Deep History, a Telling of Truths Legitimizing the Indigenous Past and Informing Worldviews.      

Society for American Archaeology 77th Annual Meeting, Sacramento CA. Session in Honor of Professor Al Dekin.

Pebbles in A Pond: American Anthropology Needs a Landslide.          

State University of New York at Binghamton. Indigenous Student Association. When Did Humans Arrive in The Americas? New Perspectives from the Great Plains’. Event Organizer and presenter.

Western Hemisphere Indigenous Peoples Pleistocene Data Base. 

2010

State University of New York at Binghamton. Native American Student Association, Enlightenment on Columbus Day Conference 2010. Binghamton, NY. Conference organizer and chair.

Concealing historical truths is a crime against all people: Who was Columbus and What Did He Do? 

State University of New York at Binghamton. Radicle Archaeology Theory Symposium.

Anarchist by Default: Red Anthropologists in a White Academia.

2008    

State University of New York at Binghamton. Anthropology Student Organization Ethics Conference.

A Pebble in the Pond.