NPS Staff Report

Jeffrey Richner and A. Trinkle Jones have received awards for excellence for their contributions to the National Park Service archeology program.

Richner of the Midwest Archeological Center has been chosen as the winner of the 2012 John L. Cotter Project Award for Excellence in National Park Service archeology.

Richner’s contributions to the Bois Forte Ojibwe study at Voyageurs National Park between 1979 and 2011 demonstrated a high level of scientific merit, student involvement, tribal consultation, and public outreach, and were widely disseminated to the professional community, the tribe, and the general public, according to the NPS.

The archeological and ethno-historical information the study synthesized has helped the park interpret how the Bois Forte Band of Minnesota Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians lived in the area during historic times.