American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 388-415
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Article describes an Archaeological field school project for graduate students in which the authors provided instruction on methods and practices; discusses how the project promotes a framework of decolonization through community collaboration and cultural integration.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology , Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 461-485
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Authors reproduce an email conversation about race, racialism, and racism in Archaeological practice in the United States that occurred between Indigenous Archaeologists; and further discuss the issues raised in the conversation.
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.
Analyzes and assesses environment of the Blackduck people during period 700 to 1300 A.D.
Highlights from an exhibit of "nearly 200 images of everyday objects, art pieces” and tools made from natural, barter, and/or modern materials by Canada's First Nations in the 18th-20th centuries.
Public Historian , vol. 18, no. 4, Representing Native American History, Fall, 1996, pp. 119-143
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Discusses the history of collecting skeletal remains and associated objects for study or display purposes and the Indigenous movement to have scientific or cultural institutions return them to their nations for proper funeral and burial rights. Looks at the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and similar State-enacted legislation.
American Ethnologist, vol. 23, no. 1, February 1996, pp. 148-150
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Book reviews of: Who Needs the Past? Indigenous Values and Archaeology edited by R. Layton, Conflict in the Archaeology of Living Traditions edited by R. Layton, and Archaeological Approaches to Cultural Identity edited by S.J. Shennan.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 431-440
Description
Author describes the dual identities that artifacts hold: archaeologic subject and cultural object. Addresses how American archaeologists are forced by repatriation legislation to address these issues and to consult and collaborate with Indigenous peoples to bridge the gap between these perceptions of artifacts.
Discusses the history of American archaeology in conflict with Native Americans specifically the battle for Kennewick Man/The Ancient one and solutions to the conflict.