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The Annual Gathering, usually held in April brings together the SAS membership along with the local community, other heritage practioners, and the general public to share and learn from each other. This two to three day event is normally a mix of presentations, demonstrations/workshops, social activities, and tours.
This year the 56th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association hosted by the SAS and the Department of Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan was held in lieu of the Annual Gathering.
A joint Annual Gathering with the Bodo Archaeological Society and the Archaeological Society of Alberta was in Bodo, AB from April 27-30, 2022. A reception was held at the Provost & District Museum on Thursday night, drawing and sash making workshops were held Friday evening, two full days of presentations occurred Friday and Saturday, and a tour to the Treaty 6 Cairn at Sounding Lake took place on Sunday. The banquet was held on Saturday evening with Dr. Tim Panas as the keynote speaker.
2023 – Indigenous Archaeology Panel (Sarah Pocha-Tait, Judy Half, Maria Mampe, and Dylan Frank)
Family Feud Archaeology Edition – 2023 (Brian Vivian as host, Todd Kristensen representing Alberta, and Clint Blyth representing Saskatchewan)
2022 – Ted Douglas receiving the William A. Marjerrison Award
2022 Presentation – Quinn Baxter (Mount Royal University)
| Year | # | Location | Dates | Keynote | Title | Co-Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 59 | Kindersley | April 8-10 | Kim Soo Goodtrack | We have experienced the supernatural, our hearts are open | |
| 2021 | 58 | Virtual | February 26-27 | Dr. Tatiana Nomokonova | Zooarchaeology of Nerpa | Anthropology Students Association |
| 2020 | 57 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||||
| 2019 | 56 | Denare Beach | September 20-22 | Les Oystryk | Harry Moody’s Archaeological Field Work | Manitoba Archaeological Society |
| 2018 | 55 | Fort Qu’Appelle | April 27-29 | Dr. Kisha Supernant | The Role of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage for Reconciliation: An Indigenous Archaeologist’s Perspective | |
| 2017 | 54 | Cypress Hills | April 27-30 | Drs. Brian Reeves & Margaret Kennedy | Ancient Sacrificial Stones, Pyramidal Mounds and Lizards: Early Euro-Canadian Encounters with Indigenous Sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan | Archaeological Society of Alberta |
| 2016 | 53 | Wanuskewin Heritage Park | April 29 – May 1 | Dr. James Daschuk | From Archaeology to History: Using Archaeological Evidence to Answer Some Nagging Historical Questions | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 2015 | 52 | Moosomin | April 24-26 | Wes Olson | The Evolution of Bison | Pipestone Archaeological Society |
| 2014 | 51 | North Battleford | April 11-13 | Frank Korvemaker | A Blast from the Past: A Look Bact at Frank Korvemaker’s Archaeology Career from 1967-1972 | Northwest Archaeological Society |
| 2013 | 50 | Regina | April 25-28 | Dr. Ian Dyck | Archaeology on the Canadian Prairies, 1912-1915 | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 2012 | 49 | Swift Current | April 27-29 | Donalee Deck | Deconstructing Farwell’s Trading Post & Public Archaeology at the Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Site of Canada | South West Saskatchewan Archaeological Society |
| 2011 | 48 | Canora | May 6-8 | Dr. Frances Swyripa | Ethnicity, Faith and Place in the Land: The Saskatchewan Experience in Perspective | |
| 2010 | 47 | Prince Albert | April 23-25 | Leah Dorion | Apeetogsan: Uncovering the Story of Saskatchewan’s Métis People | |
| 2009 | 46 | Bodo, AB | April 30 – May 3 | Drs. Ernie Walker & Jack Brink | Development and Changes at both Wanuskewin Heritage Park and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | Archaeological Society of Alberta |
| 2008 | 45 | Saskatoon | April 25-27 | Dr. Steven Rosen | Nomads in the Negev: The Archaeology of 8000 Years of Pastoralism in the Desert | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 2007 | 44 | Moosomin | April 26-29 | Dr. Michael Wilson | Animal Landscapes & Animal Monuments of Plains First Nations from Antler Piles to Medicine Wheels | Manitoba Archaeological Society |
| 2006 | 43 | Regina | April 28-30 | Dr. Margaret Hanna | Old Stories & Modern Technology: Discovering & Preserving the History of the Old Village of Stanley Mission | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 2005 | 42 | Cypress Hills | May 5-8 | Dr. Bev Nicholson | The SCAPE Project: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Human-Environment Dynamics in the Canadian Prairie Ecozone | Archaeological Society of Alberta |
| 2004 | 41 | Assiniboia | April 16-18 | Dr. Margaret Kennedy | Trails into the Past: An Archaeological & Historical Look at the Historic Trails of Southern Saskatchewan & Northern Montana | |
| 2003 | 40 | Kenosee | May 2-4 | Finn Anderson | Revisiting Saskatchewan’s Past: A Colour Slide Presentation from the 1940s and ’50s | |
| 2002 | 39 | Swift Current | April 12-14 | Dr. Brian Kooyman | Extinct Mamals and Early Humans on the Canadian Plains | South West Saskatchewan Archaeological Society |
| 2001 | 38 | Kindersley | March 30 – April 1 | Rod Vickers | Human Boulder Effigies of the Northern Plains | Archaeological and Historical Society of West Central Saskatchewan |
| 2000 | 37 | Manitou Beach | March 24-26 | Dr. Gerry Oetelaar | The Tuscany Site: The Natural & Cultural Landscape in the Calgary Area 8500 Years Ago | |
| 1999 | 36 | Rosthern | March 26-28 | Dr. Victor Friesen | Settlement of Rosthern and Area | |
| 1998 | 35 | Cypress Hills | March 6-8 | Dr. John Brumley | Cultural Chronologies on the Northern Plains | |
| 1997 | 34 | Moose Jaw | March 7-9 | Brian Ronaghan | The Search for Early Sites in the Ice Free Corridor | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1996 | 33 | Ponteix | March 8-10 | Dr. David Meyer | Paleo-Indian Sites in Saskatchewan | |
| 1995 | 32 | Saskatoon | March 17-19 | Dr. Ian Dyck | The Sjovold Site | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1994 | 31 | Watrous | March 11-13 | Dr. William Mayer-Oakes | Saskatchewan Archaeology during the late 1950s and 1960s | |
| 1993 | 30 | Regina | March 19-21 | Dr. Jack Brink | Communal Bison Hunting | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1992 | 29 | Rosetown | March 13-15 | Dr. Tony Buchner | The Beginnings of Horticulture on the Canadian Prairies | Eagle Creek Historical Society |
| 1991 | 28 | Prince Albert | March 8-10 | Dr. Bjorn Simonsen | Prehistoric Cultural Diversity on the Northwest Coast | |
| 1990 | 27 | Cypress Hills | March 9-11 | James Magera | Cypress Hills & South Native History | Vidora Archaeological Society |
| 1989 | 26 | Moose Jaw | March 10-12 | Dr. Owen Beattie (Public Lecture) & Biron Ebell | Research into the Loss of the Third Franklin Expedition (Public Lecture) & The Dunn Site & Others in the Ogema Basin | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1988 | 25 | Swift Current | March 11-13 | Dr. Heinz Pyszczyk | Historic Archaeology in Western Canada | South West Saskatchewan Archaeological Society |
| 1987 | 24 | Saskatoon | March 13-15 | Dr. James Tuck | Basque Whaling at Red Bay, Labrador | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1986 | 23 | Kindersley | March 14-16 | Dr. Richard Morlan | Pleistocene (Ice Age) Archaeology of Beringia | Archaeological and Historical Society of West Central Saskatchewan |
| 1985 | 22 | Regina | March 15-17 | Dr. Larry Loendorf | Knife River Flint Quarries | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1984 | 21 | Swift Current | March 16-18 | Dr. Brian Reeves | Experiencing the State: Archaeological & Geological Excursions in Central Asia & Siberia | South West Saskatchewan Archaeological Society |
| 1983 | 20 | Saskatoon | March 18-20 | Dr. Leslie B. Davis | Structured Activities in a Prehistoric Rocky Mountain Chert Mine | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1982 | 19 | Biggar | March 19-21 | Dr. Ian Dyck | Carlton’s Buried Past | Archaeological and Historical Society of West Central Saskatchewan |
| 1981 | 18 | Kindersley | March 20-22 | Dr. Ernie Walker | The Gowen Site: A Glimpse of the Early Archaic on the Northern Plains | Archaeological and Historical Society of West Central Saskatchewan |
| 1980 | 17 | Saskatoon | March 21-23 | Dr. Ian Dyck | The Past, Present, and Future of Saskatchewan Archaeology | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1979 | 16 | Regina | March 2-4 | Dr. James Wright | Ontario Prehistory | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1978 | 15 | Saskatoon | March 31 – April 2 | Dr. George Frison | Paleo-Indians of Wyoming | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1977 | 14 | Kindersley | April 15-17 | Dr. John D. Combes | Parks Canada Archaeology Program for the Prairies | Archaeological and Historical Society of West Central Saskatchewan |
| 1976 | 13 | Regina | April 9-11 | Dr. Thomas F. Kehoe | Saskatchewan’s Stone “Medicine Wheels” on Solstice 1975 | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1975 | 12 | Saskatoon | April 18-20 | Leo Pettipas | Human Response to Environmental Change in Western Canada, 10,000 BC – 6000 BC | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1974 | 11 | Regina | April 5-7 | Dr. William J. Byrne | An Archaeological Demonstration of Migration on the Northern Plains | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1973 | 10 | Saskatoon | April 6-8 | Dr. E. Leigh Syms | Environmental Utilization & Mobility of Late Prehistoric Peoples in the Northwestern Plains, Parkland, and Adjacent Boreal Forest | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1972 | 9 | Regina | April 21-23 | Dr. Richard G. Forbis | Ancient Communal Hunters | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1971 | 8 | Moose Jaw | April 16-18 | Dr. George Arthur | The Vagaries of an Archaeologist | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1970 | 7 | Saskatoon | April 3-5 | Walter Hlady | Involving the Amateur in the Science & Practice of Archaeology | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1969 | 6 | Regina | April 18-20 | Roscoe Wilmeth | Athapaskan Migrations & Migration Routes | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1968 | 5 | Saskatoon | April 5-7 | Dr. Lou Bayrock | Boulder Effigies | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1967 | 4 | Regina | April 21-23 | Dr. Richard G. Forbis | Identifying Plains Groups in Historic Times | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1966 | 3 | Saskatoon | April 22-24 | Dr. William E. Taylor | Arctic Archaeology | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1965 | 2 | Regina | April 3-5 | Dr. Warren Caldwell | The Archaeological Salvage Program in the Missouri River Basin | Regina Archaeological Society |
| 1964 | 1 | Saskatoon | April 11-13 | Dr. Thomas F. Kehoe | How a Professional Archaeologist Excavates a Site: Twenty-two Feet Deep at a Bison Drive Site | Saskatoon Archaeological Society |
| 1963 | 0 | Regina | April 20-21 | Stuart W. Conner | The Amateur Archaeologist and the Archaeological Society | Regina Archaeological Society |
