Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer, University of Calgary

Research

Archaeology Blackfoot Oral tradition Northwestern Plains Cultural landscapes Intangible heritage Cultural competency Capacity building

Latest funding

Recontextualizing Settlement of the West: Examining Identity Construction and Negotiation as Reflected through Black Heritage Sites
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$45,522
Braiding Blackfoot Knowledge: Incorporating Indigenous Concepts of Place into Archaeological Site Assessment and Interpretation
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$74,326
Blackfoot perception and use of the North-western Plains
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$150,000

All 3 grants and awards

Recontextualizing Settlement of the West: Examining Identity Construction and Negotiation as Reflected through Black Heritage Sites

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Amundsen-Meyer, Lindsay M.

Keywords: Historic archaeology; identity; Black heritage; culture contact; community based research; decolonization

$45,522

Braiding Blackfoot Knowledge: Incorporating Indigenous Concepts of Place into Archaeological Site Assessment and Interpretation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Amundsen-Meyer, Lindsay

Keywords: Archaeology; Blackfoot; Oral tradition; Northwestern Plains; Cultural landscapes; Intangible heritage; Cultural competency; Capacity building; Spatial analysis; Siksika

$74,326

Blackfoot perception and use of the North-western Plains

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Amundsen-Meyer, Lindsay M.

Keywords: Blackfoot; North-western Plains; landscape; archaeology; geographic information systems; predictive modelling; land use; spatial distribution; ethnography; cultural ecology; new ecology

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Archaeology Dear Professor Amundsen-Meyer, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on archaeology connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Recontextualizing Settlement of the West: Examining Identity Construction and Negotiation as Reflected through Black Heritage Sites" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]