Working as Indigenous Archaeologists

Acknowledgements; A Word About Words; Part 1. Framing the Conversation: Introduction Reckoning New Paths; Part 2. Listening and Learning: 1 Feminist Archaeologies from the Borders; 2 Seeking My Center Place: Migrations through Science and Tradition; 3 Starting Archaeological Studies as a Mature Student in My 40s; 4 Indigenous Archaeology and My Responsibility to Archaeological Legacies; 5 Decolonizing Maya Discourse of Identity as an Archaeologist; 6 Archaeological Double Agency; 7 Mayaland Deciphered: Archaeologies of the Self; 8 Where We Ultimately Belong; 9 Fresh Ideas from a Murdi Geoarchaeologist; 10 From My Tradition to My Profession: Moving between the âGentiles,â Archaeologies, and the Hills of Colors; 11 All Roads Lead Home: Thinking about Archaeology Through Emotions and Affectivitions; 12 Working as a Proud Archaeologist Where I Originate; 13 Country, Language, Culture and Ancestors: The Cultural and Archaeological Journey of a Wiradjuri-Wangaaypuwan winarr; 14 Earth Mother, Sky Father, and Everything Inbetween; 15 Recalling Indigenous Knowledge in Cape Town; 16 From a Barman to a Scholar: Sharing the Experience of Being an Archaeologist and a Heritage Scholar in Tanzania; 17 Being and Becoming One of the Voices of Haitian Archaeology; 18 Coming Home with a Vengeance: Indigenous Activism on the Margins of Archaeology; 19 What Makes Me Different; 20 Making Inuit Archaeology Matter in Kalaallit Nunaat; 21 Finding Strength in Culture and History; 22 Raiders of a Lost Identity: Indigeneity and Archaeology in the Dominican Republic; 23 NDEE Archaeologist???; 24 Learning and Teaching with Love: An Indigenous Auntieâs Journey in Archaeology; 25 Becoming an African Archaeologist; 26 Being an Indigenous Archaeologist is a Calling: Finding Purpose in Archaeology; 27 My Story as an Indigenous Archaeologist and the Story of the S¡mi Prehistory in Archaeology; 28 The Past is Exactly How it Should Be: Lessons in Indigenous Archaeology from a Birch Bark Biter; 29 Being More Than an Indigenous Archaeologist; 30 From Dictionary to Archaeology: My Intellectual Journey; 31 Being âIndigenousââ is Weird; 32 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage; 33 The Path to Recognizing Oneâs Own Indigenous Identity: Implications and Challenges for an Archaeologist from the Peruvian Andes; 34 Growing up within the Territory of Great Zimbabwe; 35 Being a Nyikina Archaeologist; 36 Being Indigenous Archaeologists; 37 Lakl£nµ, the Daughter of the Sun and Her Journey; 38 Rima O Te Rapa Nui -- The Hand of Rapa Nui; 39 Reflections of a Oaxacan on Community Archaeological Work in Changing Times; 40 When Science Becomes Personal: Practicing Scientific Research as a Borikua Archaeologist; 41 A Journey to and from Archaeology; 42 Finding a Sense of Belonging in a Discipline that Thinks Youâre Extinct; 43 Becoming a Ä¢hiksiÄ¢hiks Archaeologist; 44 Being an Indigenous Archaeologist in Sudan; 45 My Indian Name is a Pyroepistemology (âFire is a Cleansing Pathâ); 46 Reweaving Relations: An Indigenous Archaeologistâs Journey; 47 My Difficult Journey through the Ethiopian Historical Layers; 48 Walking the Walk: The Adventures of an Indigenous Decolonialist in the Land of Archaeology; 49 Being a Female Papua New Guinea Archaeologist: Finding My Feet Through Understanding the Past; 50 I Ka wÄ ma mua, ka wÄ ma hope: Using Our Past to Inform Our Future: Cultural Heritage Stewardship By and For Our People; 51 Reclaiming Our Voices: An Indigenous Archaeologistâs Feminist Approach to Rock art and Heritage; 52 Being a iTaukei Archaeologist; 53 Developing a Wai Wai Archaeology to Strengthen Ancestral Knowledge; 54 Knowledge as Wisdom to and from Archaeology; 55 The Land is Our Mother; 56 D¨ Goı̨zı­ (âPlace Namesâ); Part 3. Reflective Essays: 57 Object Lessons: Reflexive Research & Restorative Methodologies; 58 Archaeology and Maya Studies among Contemporary Mayans; 59 Learning How to Dig Deep in Order to Thrive; 60 He maha ngÄ whaiwhakÄro: Reflections of a Wahine MÄori Archaeologist; 61 Afterword.