Prince Albert Daily Herald
Lindsay Sorell’s new role combines two things she loves in life: history, and researching.
Sorell a Métis artist, researcher, and writer began her new position as the Prince Albert Historical Society’s Indigenous History Researcher on June 15. Since then, she’s started developing displays and interactive elements for the museum’s Indigenous history room.
“I’m just really excited about the project, and excited to work with the elders,” Sorell said during a phone interview. “The opportunity for collaboration between so many different Indigenous nations, I think, is really amazing.”
Sorell has deep roots in Prince Albert . Her family has lived in the area for seven generations, and she’s one of many descendants of James Isbister and Margaret Bear.
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P.A. historical society welcomes new staff member to help expand Indigenous history exhibit
The Prince Albert Historical Society is working to grow their Indigenous History room.
Recently the museum announced they had received a grant to hire an Indigenous Project Researcher to work to expand the information available to museum visitors about the history of Indigenous people in the P.A area.
Lindsay Sorell, who is herself Métis, explained as the historical society’s Indigenous Project Researcher she is looking forward to building on what is already in place.
“They’ve done a lot of work on that room already, so I’ll just be building on that and working to identify more pieces that are in the vast collection of the museum here,” she said.