Hawaiian Heritage - Episode 11

On today’s episode, Regina Keʻalapuaonālaniwikimekeānuenue Hilo takes us from digging up treasure in her backyard to her current work as a Burial Sites Specialist for the State Historic Preservation Division. We discuss the resurgence of Hawaiian language and culture and how she integrates her roles as an archaeologist, a student, and a state employee with her role as a Native Hawaiian. She discusses cultural protocols related to archaeology and burials, including larger cultural sensitivity and community collaboration. Finally Regina explains some of the differences between NAGPRA and the Hawaiian equivalent, as well as consultation with tribes vs. Native Hawaiian Organizations. Regina and I end out by briefly diving into the controversy with the proposed telescope on Mauna Kea.

Links

• Office of Hawaiian Affairs page on Mauna Kea

• Mauna Kea Full Lawsuit

Contact

• Jessica

  • Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org

  • @livingheritageA

Protecting Marshall Island's Heritage in the Face of Climate Change - Episode 4.1

This episode is a follow up to the previous episode (episode 4) with Tina Stege about climate change in the Marshall Islands. This episode features both Tina Stege, Marshallese Anthropologist, and Jenny Newell, Collection Co-Manager at the Australian Museum, Sydney. The two talk about how museums can bring collections to life for associated communities, their collaborative ethnographic project looking at adaptions to climate change in the Marshall Islands, international repatriation vs. NAGPRA, as well as what role museums play related to climate change. We discuss questions such as “How can museums help preserve culture and help people adapt as homelands sink underwater?” and “what happens to sovereign governments as they no longer have a place to govern over”?

Links:

• Curating the Future: Museums, Communities, and Climate Change

• Michael Gerard, Ed. Book- What happens to sovereign nations when they have no land base anymore?

• Marshall Islands Conservation society

• Jo-Jikum, youth climate change activist group of Kathy Jetnil Kitchner

• Kathy Jetnil-Kichner poems- “Tell Them” and UN Climate Summit Poem “Dear Matafele Peinem”

• 350.org Climate Change Activist Organization

• Disposession and the environment- Paige West

• Linda Tuhiwai Smith decolonizing methodology: research and Indigenous peoples

Contact:

Jessica Yaquinto
Email: jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org 
Twitter (@livingheritageA)

Diné Public, Fire, and Indigenous Archaeology - Episode 3

In this episode, we talk to Diné (Navajo) archaeologist, Jason Nez. He talks about being Diné and an archaeologist, challenges he faces as a Native American archaeologist, and how the way archaeology is presented (aliens!) can either empower or belittle tribes. He talks about his work educating both Diné youth and the general public about archaeology and Native American perspectives and why that is important. Finally, he highlights his experiences across the country as a fire archaeologist, including what that looks like, looting concerns, and learning from other tribes about their different cultural resources.

Contact:

Jessica Yaquinto jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org; Twitter (@livingheritageA) 

A Hopi perspective on Diversity in Anthropology and Grand Canyon- Episode 2

This episode is part two of the Grand Canyon National Park miniseries. Today we interview Heritage Voices co-host Lyle Balenquah, Hopi archaeologist, ethnographer, educator, advocate, and river guide extraordinaire about his background, diversity in Anthropology, and Hopi connections to the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon topics include the proposed Greater Grand Canyon National Monument, the Desert View Watchtower project, river running, and diversity in interpretation.

LINKS:

• Lyle’s blog – Angles and Momentum

• Proposed Greater Grand Canyon National Monument

• GCA Field Institute link

• NAU outdoor adventures

Contact:

Jessica
Email: jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org
Twitter: @livingheritageA
Lyle:
Email: Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com
Twitter: @LyleBalenquah

Introducing Heritage Voices - Episode 0

This episode introduces the podcast, why it was created, and what you can expect. Co-host Lyle Balenquah, Hopi Archaeologist and educator, interviews host Jessica Yaquinto about her work as an ethnographer and in tribal consultation. Topics include mediating between tribes, community based participatory research, and tribes' perspectives of anthropology.

Links

• Living Heritage Anthropology

• Go Dig A Hole Episode

Contact

• Lyle: Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com; @LyleBalenquah 

• Jessica: jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org; @LivingHeritageA