Moose Scapula Found in Fort Selkirk, Yukon Sheds Light on First Nations Hunting Practices

Moose scapula found in Fort Selkirk, Yukon sheds light on First Nations hunting practices

During an archeological excavation in Fort Selkirk, Yukon in 2006, Yukon University professor Victoria Castillo and a team of Selkirk First Nation youth found a moose scapula from 1848. An etching on the bone’s surface made it a particularly rare find.

Yukon University - Yukon University's Dr. Victoria Castillo publishes article in Ethnohistory that sheds light on 19th-century First Nations hunting practices in the Yukon

Yukon University's Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Liberal Arts, Victoria Castillo, recently published an article in the peer reviewed journal Ethnohistory shedding new light . . .