Today’s episode features Emily Van Alst, Sihasapa Lakota descent, talking about indigenous and community based archaeology in Japan, Peru, Spain, and Alaska. She also talks about NAGPRA from museum, international, and indigenous perspectives. Finally we talk about how archaeology can be used to benefit indigenous communities and vice versa. Emily specifically discusses zooarchaeology and rock art as areas that are fruitful for indigenous archaeology, especially in the work she would like to pursue in the Northern Plains in her upcoming PhD program at Indiana University where she will be working with Learning NAGPRA.LinksEmily's Working it Out Together article- Digging in Two Worlds: A Contemporary Indigenous Approach to ArchaeologyIndigenous Heritage and tourism: theories and practices on utilizing the Ainu heritage- Hokkaido University Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies (Specifically the Ellick and the Watkins and Nicholas chapters)Sonya Atalay - Community-Based Archaeology Research with, by, and for Indigenous and Local CommunitiesJoe Watkins Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scientific Practice. Australia to be first country to return Ainu remains homeContactJessicajessica@livingheritageanthropology.org@livingheritageA
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