Department of Anthropology | University of Waterloo

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Rachel Cripps, Coordinator, Northern Lakes College Native Cultural Arts Museum

Rachel Cripps in the Native Cultural Arts Museum, Grouard, AB

In January 2012, Rachel Cripps became the new Coordinator of Northern Lakes College Native Cultural Arts Museum. Cripps obtained a Master of Arts from the University of Waterloo in 2011, after graduating from the Public Issues Anthropology program. As the Museum Coordinator, Cripps will be responsible for maintaining the museum’s archives and artifacts collections, offering educational programing for local schools, and employing students to run a seasonal outdoor historical village.

The Native Cultural Arts (NCA) Museum has been in operation since 1976, preserving and portraying the history of Grouard and the Woodland Cree, Dene and Metis peoples of northern Alberta. Located beside the NCA Museum is the historic St. Berard’s Mission Church site. St. Bernard’s Church was constructed in 1902 under the direction of Bishop Grouard, who was the local Archdiocese. The NCA museum provides tours of the church throughout the spring and summer months. Permanent displays within the museum showcase artwork by Daphne Ondjae (Aboriginal Group of Seven), Oliver Cardinal, D. Joyce Hunt, Mary Periard, Roger Noskiye, Greg Paupanekis, and Dale Auger. The museum also has various displays of aboriginal art work by local artists which include birch-bark biting, caribou-hair sculpting, bead work, fish-scale art, and moose-hair tufting.

In the future, Cripps hopes to be able to undertake new research that focuses on the history and the people of Grouard. This research would contribute to the museum archives and the development of new displays. For more information about the museum or the work that Cripps will be undertaking, please feel free to contact her directly at crippsr@northernlakescollege.ca or visit the museum website

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