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A stone knife that may be 4,000 years old, found during renovations of Canada's Parliament, will be returned to the region's Algonquin people. The Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg and the Pikwakanagan First Nation will share ownership. The discovery coincided with Ottawa's first archeological field school, aimed at training First Nations archeologists. There are plans for similar field schools across Canada which will give Indigenous Peoples greater control over their own excavations. For thousands of years, the Ottawa Valley was a trading hub for First Nations from across North America, making the capital region a rich seam for archeologists.
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