Indigenous archaeologies : decolonizing theory and practice / / edited by Claire Smith and H. Martin Wobst.

• Superior document: One world archaeology ; 47
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Smith, Claire, 1957-; Wobst, Hans Martin, 1943-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: One world archaeology ; 47.
• Physical Description: xxii, 408 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

Decolonizing archaeological theory and practice -- Power to the (indigenous) past and present! : or, the theory and method behind archaeological theory and method -- Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing as theoretical and methodological foundations for archaeological research -- Developing an aboriginal archaeology : receiving gifts from White Buffalo Calf Woman -- Earthshapers and placemakers : Algonkian Indian stories and the landscape -- The persistence of memory, the politics of desire : archaeological impacts on aboriginal peoples and their response -- You write it down and bring it back, that's what we want : revisiting the 1948 removal of human remains from Kunbarlanja (Oenpelli), Australia -- Letters from the field : reflections on the nineteenth-century archaeology of Harlan I. Smith in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada -- Reclaiming the ancient one : addressing the conflicts between American Indians and archaeologists over protection of cultural places -- The politics of American archaeology : cultural resources, cultural affiliation and Kennewick -- Silencing and sharing of southern African indigenous and embedded knowledge -- Aboriginal ecotourism and archaeology in coastal NSW, Australia : Yarrawarra Place Stories Project -- Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan : archaeology, colonialism and re-claiming the future -- Coming back to country : a conversation at Firewood Creek -- Not just black and white : African Americans reclaiming the indigenous past -- First, be humble : working with indigenous peoples and other descendant communities -- We just have to show you : research ethics blekbalawei -- Living and learning on aboriginal lands : decolonizing archaeology in practice -- Looking forward - looking back : shaping a shared future -- Towards an indigenous research charter -- The next step : an archaeology for social justice.