The Betty Charlie and Clifford Hall award celebrates Indigenous individuals or collectives (Elders’ groups, communities) who have made deep and significant contributions to the discipline of archaeology. Betty Charlie and Clifford Hall are Sq’ewlets people who have committed their adult lives to caring for and sharing knowledge about the archaeology and ancestors of S’ólh Téméxw, the land, waterways and world of Stó:lō-Coast Salish people of the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Betty sadly passed away in the fall of 2022.
Candidates for this award are dedicated to the history and heritage of particular cultural places and landscapes, and their descendant communities, which may be their own, and are invested and involved in their preservation, care, stewardship, and the transmission of knowledge about them. They may be community historians, knowledge-keepers, and/or Indigenous archaeologists, and are role models in their communities of practice. Candidates need not be CAA members.