Ancient grave on Alberta farm unearths historical mystery

An ancient burial site in an Alberta farmer's field offers insight into early encounters between indigenous people and European settlers.
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[@wakeandbakewithmaryjane1767]

Much respect to this man !!

[@5aturnia]

Didnt know the 1800s was ancient history.

[@drjojo5551]

MA…it ain’t!! That’s just some two bit reporter trying to spice up an unidentified burial site!! An otherwise boring event down on the farm!!

[@francesbernard2445]

I felt the same desire to be commenting a lot which could be easily dismissed as only being sarcastic. Or if too long of a comment only jiberish in a world where it is not what you know it is who you know.

[@ArthurKnight1899]

I'm very intrigued by such things. History and it's relevance, archaeology, to look back at people in past, their way of life and to experience that is a privilege! Respect to them and people who give respect to such discoveries!

[@stacymirba1433]

When you think of all the people who have lived and died before our time I'm sure we have all walked over people laying buried beneath us and not even realized it.

[@mattkisewatizidatidah6888]

Oh no, many of you “realize” and straight up dump our relatives and ancestors somewhere else without telling anyone so you can get your little cottage built by the river. I hear of cases where our people have to fight these squatters in court but since there’s no respect for indigenous people, they often get thrown out. Your comfort and “your properties” are more important though.🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@MisheardMetal]

I wonder if it's possible to extract dna to compare it to anyone who may be related.

[@dosduce]

Good thought!

[@arvilmogensen1945]

Red Surge Mounted Police attire digging up a grave. Think about it for a minute people. If ludicrous is not a word that comes to mind, then some other word less diplomatic certainly does!

[@jeangarcie6762]

Im here to give back the love and suport

[@IBMikmaq]

Beautiful story, we should all raise money and buy her a really nice headstone instead of just a boulder

[@Dunning.Kruger]

+IBMikmaq How about feeding homeless before buying stones for dead people...

[@leroyrockwell4837]

Dunning Kruger is there a homelessness problem in Canada?

[@jasonjordan5391]

I’d like to no the answer to that

[@realcanadiangirl64]

I think the boulder fits in well with the period from when she walked the earth.

[@jsvendsen6256]

Sean Flores, as a Canadian, I can tell you that yes, Canada has a homeless problem. I would guess it's probably worse at the moment. Sorry you had to wait 2 years to get the answer to your question

[@TheDriller571]

Why are the RCMP dressed in their special uniforms. They wear Black pants with a yellow stripes down the leg and kind of a tan shirt when they are on duty,

[@akaeldin]

where about did this take place thanks.

[@ivanwatson2637]

akaeldin At the very end of the video she said "near Viking Alberta."

[@firstonturtleislandnapi5581]

Need laser radar done on the location ..!!!

[@tms268]

Woah

[@francesbernard2445]

The theory that female person was in transit from one place to another when meeting her demise sounds probable. Metis people from eastern Canada were often having to be forced migrants while travelling further west while trying to find land they could settle on. Further west they had to avoid conflict with some people from the Russian held territories in North Amerca who regarded them as a threat too. Why isn't there more people paying attention to the stories our elders tell us some of whom who were born up to 100 years ago? Like for example when remembering how they lost a parent? Perhaps there would be less mysteries to solve and less problems we have to cope with in our universal health care system if everyone was encouraged equally in their personhood.

[@WesternStarTara]

Who got to keep her treasure

[@Kittywolf1777]

Sunshine Santiago maybe it was buried with her body?

[@crixnadine7076]

1800s is recent. England's parliament house goes back 600 years. And that's not ancient. Tower of london 1000 yrs. Canada is new and lacks alot of history. Unless you are a native and they have a great history that is ancient.

[@tesseract2365]

There were European here before the last native migration from Siberia. We have bones that prove that. 1000 years is nothing. There are toilets in the world that go back 10,000 years. England is new compared to Iraq. Some of Canada's history involves the Battle of Britain and protecting supplies going across the Atlantic during a period of 'unrest' not too long ago. Also 'alot' is two words. A lot. You should brush up on the English language guvna.

[@kaylasilverfox473]

@@tesseract2365 there is 0 proof of that the only provable pre-Columbian Europeans were the Norse explorers who lost the skraeling war and it's been proven that the first Americans came from Australia and that they were black white people only evolved around 5000 years ago

[@francesbernard2445]

Couldn't the STEM people and Archeology people and journalists too work together better to make carbon dating of bones more accurate and the reporting of it too more accurate? So people's stuff being called ancient don't end up in museums sooner than later when after they have reached around 125 years of age?

[@lorjin007ify]

After few days treasure hunters with metal detectors, lol

[@debbieharriman182]

how the cows didnt eat the body

[@realcanadiangirl64]

Debbie Harriman Cows don't eat meat, only vegetation.

[@jiminycrikit9172]

@@realcanadiangirl64 cows are known to snatch a mouse from time to time

[@ShadyLady988]

Cows are vegetarians

[@kaylasilverfox473]

@@ShadyLady988 that's false cows are opurtunistic carnivores and they'll eat meat which is how mad cow disease started it was a carnival disease

[@butterflySmiles2]

He lucky he didn't have to pay for the funeral, their stories here in the USA people on Earth people that had died a long time ago Beyond's long time and they were forced to pay for the funeral coffin burial Comet which can literally cost outs a cheap coffins about 4,000. So you know what the advice was but the dirt back and reroute your fence

[@tesseract2365]

Word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad word salad

[@kaylasilverfox473]

Go back to school and learn some English

[@gerileger5083]

I want to know why you show these butcher's in uniform for as many native that they've committed genocide against and dug graves for? Fraud and corruption is the Only thing they'll protect.