

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fire, Fields, and Forgotten Foods:  Uncovering the Deep-Time Connections  between People and Prairie
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Uncovering the Deep-Time Connections between People and Prairies in Illinois 
How did Indigenous peoples shape the prairies of Illinois long before European settlement? And what are the “lost crops” that sustained communities in the Midwest for millennia? This presentation explores the deep-time relationships between people, plants, and prairies. Drawing on evidence from ancient seeds, soils, and charcoal, we reveal how human ingenuity and ecological knowledge transformed Illinois landscapes, and how this knowledge may transform communities today.  

Presenter Dr. Aiuvalasit is an environmental archaeologist with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, where he investigates long-term interactions between humans and ecosystems. His research focuses on how Indigenous communities managed landscapes and built communities adapted to environmental change.

Register at https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/ecimn-february-ce-seminar-fire-fields-and-forgotten-foods
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/champaign/fire-fields-and-forgotten-foods-uncovering-the-deep-time-connections-between-people-and-prairie/200029625523151
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 18

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/ecimn-february-ce-seminar-fire-fields-and-forgotten-foods?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=champaign-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Champaign
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 801 N Country Fair Dr, Ste D, Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61821
- **lat**: 40.12435
- **long**: -88.28191
- **full address**: 801 N Country Fair Dr, Ste D, Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61821

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: East Central Illinois Master Naturalists (https://allevents.in/org/east-central-illinois-master-naturalists/13609224)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 801 N Country Fair Dr, Ste D, Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61821
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** East Central Illinois Master Naturalists
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Fire, Fields, and Forgotten Foods:  Uncovering the Deep-Time Connections  between People and Prairie ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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