From Consultation to Collaboration: Expanding the Scope of Archeology's Engagement with Indigenous People

Summary

Consultation with descendant communities is now a widely accepted reality of doing archeology in North America. Since the passing of NAGPRA twenty-five years ago a robust body of scholarship has developed around the methodological and theoretical aspects of consulting with indigenous communities. Although many scholars today point out the need for "collaboration" in addition to "consultation" the constraints of archeological research and tribal politics often make true collaboration difficult. In this paper, I will draw on my own experiences working with the Comanche, Ute, and Jicarillia Apache to discuss the pitfalls of consultation as it is currently practiced and to offer some alternative strategies we can employ to move towards a more collaborative framework.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Archaeologies by Community Mandate: Practicing Collaborative and Community-Engaged Research

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