Partnership Building: Moving Beyond the Collaborative Model

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Social Justice in Native North American Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In North America, American Indian communities are engaging with archaeology in two distinct, and sometimes intersecting, ways: one is by working with governmental agencies in complying with local, state and federal laws meant to protect and preserve their cultural heritage, the other involves engaging with their cultural heritage through meaningful research, which often involves collaborating with academic professional and academic archaeologists. This paper will examine how Pueblo Indian communities in the North American Southwest are navigating their engagement with archaeology through compliance and/or research, and how both forms of engagement are providing means to assert tribal sovereignty and achieve social justice in their communities. Social justice in American Indian communities is often achieved by pushing the limits of colonial governments and their laws, and by changing the ideas and perceptions colonial governments have about native peoples. This paper will explore how this is happening among the Pueblo Peoples in the Southwest through strategic and meaningful engagement with archaeology and cultural heritage on all fronts.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Social Justice in Native North American Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 26139