Assessing Knowledge of Native American Tribes and Their Heritage: An interactive Poster

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The practice of American archaeology, and the knowledge it produces, have impacts on the social, economic, and political policies and laws which affect Native American Tribes and Native American community members. Non-Native cultural heritage and resource managers, academic researchers, and museum staff who work with Tribal heritage often lack basic knowledge about the tribes, their history, their traditional practices and their special relationship with the United States government. Archaeologists with specialization in aspects of tribal cultural heritage may fail to recognize lacunae within their knowledge hindering successful collaborative work with Tribes. As Native American archaeologists, the authors recognize the value of providing basic information about Tribes to our non-Native peers. Topics that we have found are often overlooked include, but not limited to: an understanding of Tribal legal rights, what tribal sovereignty entails, where tribal lands are located, the duties of a THPO, and the nature of traditional knowledge. Join us for an exciting interactive game to assess your knowledge of Native American Tribes, their past, present and future. We expect that playful engagement with each other may lead to greater retention of knowledge and hope our colleagues feel free to ask questions regarding Tribes about which they may always

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 32940