In this special edition of the A Life in Ruins Podcast, Carlton co-hosts an episode with Emily Van Alst, Ash Boydston-Schmidt, and Kay Mattena. The four discuss the recent SAA controversy surrounding the "Curation, Repatriation, and Accessibility: Vital Ethical Conversations" session. Specifically, the “Has Creationism Crept Back into Archaeology?” presentation.
The four Indigenous scholars discuss their thoughts, feelings, and reactions to the content of the presentation, their disappointment in the SAA for platforming the talk, the future of the SAA, and how the society can improve its ethics and better support its Indigenous scholars.
Lastly, they discuss the fallout from the presentation and how some non-Indigenous scholars are taking advantage of Indigenous trauma to further their own careers, and how non-Indigenous scholars can truly be allies to Indigenous people.
Guests' literature recommendations:
Indigenous Archaeology by Joe Watkins
Archaeologies of the Heart edited by Kisha Supernant, Jane Eva Baxter, Natasha Lyons, and Sonya Atalay
R words by Tuck and Yang
Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai-Smith
Considering the Denigration and Destruction of Indigenous Heritage as Violence in Critical Global Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage: Construction, Transformation and Destruction by George Nicholas and Claire Smith
We Are Dancing for You Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming of Age Ceremonies by Cutcha Risling Baldy
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmer
List of scholars to search:
George Nicholas
Vine Deloria
Phil Deloria
Roger Echo-Hawk
Larry Zimmerman
Chip Colwell
Steve Silliman
Zoey Todd
Gloria Anzaldua
Guest Contact
Carlton Shield Chief Gover:
Kay Mattena
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Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MattenaKay
email: K.Mattena@umass.edu
Ash Boydston-Schmidt
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Emily Van Alst
Emily Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/emilyvanawesome
Emily Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyvanawesome
Contact
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