Eldon Yellowhorn, Simon Fraser University

Research

Indian residential schools missing Indigenous children unmarked graves history interviews forensic and physical anthropology archaeology DNA and isotope analysis

Latest funding

The Brandon Residential School Project: Finding Indigenous children to foster restorative justice, repatriation, and reconciliation through forensic anthropology
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$188,107
Revitalizing Blackfoot: Endangered Languages and Artificial Intelligence
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$24,934
First Nations languages in the twenty-first century: looking back, looking forward
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$2,495,000

All 5 grants and awards

The Brandon Residential School Project: Finding Indigenous children to foster restorative justice, repatriation, and reconciliation through forensic anthropology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Yellowhorn, Eldon C.

Keywords: Indian residential schools; missing Indigenous children; unmarked graves; history; interviews; forensic and physical anthropology; archaeology; DNA and isotope analysis; restorative justice; repatriation; reconciliation

$188,107

Revitalizing Blackfoot: Endangered Languages and Artificial Intelligence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Yellowhorn, Eldon C.

Keywords: Blackfoot; revitalizing Blackfoot; Indigenous languages; artificial intelligence; robotics

$24,934

First Nations languages in the twenty-first century: looking back, looking forward

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: First Nations language revitalization; First Nations language documentation; youth; indigenous knowledge

$2,495,000

Intellectual property issues in cultural heritage: theory, practice, policy, ethics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007

Principal investigators: Nicholas, George P.

Keywords: intellectual property issues; archaeological heritage; community-based case study research; Aboriginal relations; research ethics; research protocols and policy; cultural heritage; access to knowledge; knowledge mobilization

$2,500,000

Piikani people in the early reserve period

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Yellowhorn, Eldon C.

Keywords: Piikani people; treaty 7; Blackfoot Confederacy; Peigan reserve

$107,983

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: Indian residential schools Dear Professor Yellowhorn, 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 indian residential schools connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]