Editing Diamond Jenness (section)

===Field work and writing===

In December 1918, Jenness applied and received military leave to finish writing his Papua studies report in Oxford, (delayed due his having joined the CAE and then the war). While in Oxford, he received word that his unit was one of the first to be sent home from the war. Jenness returned to Ottawa in March, 1919, and the next month married his fiancé, Eileen Bleakney. After their honeymoon in New Zealand, Jenness set about writing up his Arctic reports, and produced eight government reports in five volumes, totaling 1,368 pages.<ref>Jenness, Diamond and Stuart E. Jenness, 2008. "Through Darkening Spectacles: Memoirs of Diamond Jenness" Mercury Series, History Paper 55, Gatineau, QC: Canadian Museum of Civilization, p. 76-77</ref> Richling states: “The scientific results of the Canadian Arctic Expedition filled fifteen volumes. One-third of them contained the product of Jenness's investigations.”<ref>Richling, Barnett (2012). In Twilight and in Dawn: A Biography of Diamond Jenness (Volume 67) (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies). Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0773539815.</ref>

==== Canadian First Nations ====
A year and a half after his return from the war, the Canadian Government made his employment at the Victoria Memorial Museum permanent, and he was assigned to study many of the Indian tribes of Canada. (Jenness's employment had previously been on a yearly contract basis.)<ref>Jenness, Diamond and Stuart E. Jenness, 2008. "Through Darkening Spectacles: Memoirs of Diamond Jenness" Mercury Series, History Paper 55, Gatineau, QC: Canadian Museum of Civilization, p. 78</ref>

The Sarcee, on a reserve in Calgary, Alberta, were the first of many First Nation tribes in Jenness's fieldwork. That experience also provided his first encounter with the deplorable conditions Canada's indigenous peoples experienced on reserves.<ref>Richling, Barnett (2012). In Twilight and in Dawn: A Biography of Diamond Jenness (Volume 67) (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies). Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen's University Press. p.163 ISBN 978-0773539815.</ref>  After the Sarcee, Jenness undertook fieldwork study of the Sekani. Beothuk (extinct), Ojibwa, and Salish. Collins and Taylor refer to Jenness's ''Indians of Canada'' (1931c) as "the definitive work on the Canadian aborigines, dealing comprehensively with the ethnology and history of the Canadian Indians and Eskimos".<ref name="coltay"/>

==== Archaeological discoveries ====
Although most of Jenness's time was devoted to [[First Nations in Canada|Indian]] studies and administrative duties, he also identified two very important prehistoric [[Eskimo]] cultures: the [[Dorset culture]] in Canada (in 1925)<ref>Jenness, D., 1925. "A new Eskimo culture in Hudson Bay". ''Geographical Review'', vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 428–437.</ref> and the [[Thule people#Old Bering Sea stage, 200&nbsp;BC to AD&nbsp;500|Old Bering Sea culture]] in [[Alaska]] (in 1926),<ref>Jenness, D., 1928. "Archaeological investigations in Bering Strait, 1926". ''National Museum of Canada Bulletin'' no. 50, pp. 71–80.</ref> for which he later was named "Father of Eskimo Archaeology."<ref>Collins, Henry B., 1967. "Diamond Jenness: Arctic Archaeology". ''The Beaver'', Autumn, pp. 78–79.</ref> These archaeological findings were fundamental in explaining migration patterns, and Jenness's views were thought to be "radical" at that time.  Helmer states: “These theories are now widely accepted, having been vindicated by carbon-14 dating and subsequent field research.”<ref name="helmer"/>