Dig Ventures… how did I miss it?

I’ve just come across a great project, Dig Ventures, an archaeological organization which have mounted some great digs, Flag Fen in Cambridgeshire in 2012, Lelstone Abbey in 2013, and some exciting projects such as the Fort Parker project:

The story of the Native American Crow Indian tribe is linked with the explosive westward growth of the United States in the 19th century. These fierce, nomadic people were forced to change their entire way of life with the arrival of European settlers to their ancestral land. The Fort Parker site in Montana is the site of the first Crow Indian Agency, established in 1869 to help the Crow as they negotiated the transition from a traditional hunter-gatherer society to the lifestyle of the encroaching modern world.

But it wasn’t a successful effort, and many Crow lived and died at Fort Parker without ever having regained their foothold on the land. The site echoes with the memory of their struggles, and is still revered by the Crow today as a place of great significance to their tribe.

The Archaeological Conservancy, the only national non-profit organization established to acquire and preserve America’s most important archaeological sites, has partnered with the Crow Nation to protect this site from encroaching development. Without their help, Fort Parker will be lost forever.

http://digventures.com/2013/09/10/the-fort-parker-project-preserving-a-nations-memory/

I wonder if they will have anything I can join in with next year? Fingers crossed!