On today's episode, Jessica chats with Eric Pinto (Assistant Director at the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian studies at Washington University in St. Louis; Descendant of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and Pueblo of Zuni). The Buder Center is part of the Brown School of Social Work, Public Health, & Social Policy that offers the only social work program in the country with an American Indian/Alaska Native concentration. The two talk about Eric's transition from...

On today's episode, Jessica chats with the crew she has been working with on the Boulder Ethnographic-Education Project. The crew includes the amazing Erica Walters (Ethnographer, Living Heritage Anthropology), Reshawn Edison (Ethnographer, Living Heritage Anthropology; Diné; CESC Program Coordinator for Harvest of All First Nations), and Joseph Gazing Wolf (Executive Director, Heritage Lands Collective (formerly Living Heritage Research Council); Lakota, Nubian, and Amazigh). The crew talks...

On today's episode, Jessica chats with Dr. Shayla Monroe (Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University) and Debora Heard (Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago). The three talk about Nubia and its people (both ancient and modern), why they have been overshadowed, and why they are important. We also talked about what got them interested in this topic, what they are studying now in Nubia, and how the war in Sudan has affected their work and their colleagues....

On today's episode, Jessica chats with Jonathan Rodriguez (3rd year PhD student in the Applied Anthropology program at the University of South Florida) about Maroon heritage in Dominica. We talk about how he got interested in archaeology and this topic, as well as how his Army service and Anthropology training influenced his experience with each. We also talk about his upcoming Fulbright research in Dominica, where he will use geospatial methods, archaeology, and oral history to learn more...

On today's episode, Jessica talks with Dr. Liana Chua (social anthropologist and Tunku Abdul Rahman University Assistant Professor in Malay World Studies at the University of Cambridge) about her work with Bidayuhs in Malaysian Borneo and looking at international orangutan conservation efforts. We talk about her projects looking at culture change and the impact of Christianity, as well as various responses to and the impact of resettlement in the face of a dam project. Finally we talk about...

On today's episode, Jessica talks with Dr. Ryan Emanuel (Associate Professor of Hydrology in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University; Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina) and Dr. Seth Grooms (Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University; Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina). Using highlights from their careers as examples, we talk about how to do community based work and educate the next generation of scholars in both the Environmental Sciences...

On today's episode, Jessica chats with Jayne-Leigh Thomas (NAGPRA Director at Indiana University) and Chance Ward (NAGPRA Coordinator for History Colorado [although speaking here on his experiences as a private citizen]; Lakota- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) about the first Intensive NAGPRA Summer Training and Education Program (INSTEP) held last summer in Indiana. We talk about where the idea for this NAGPRA training came from, how it was developed, and what it was like to be part of it. We...

On today's episode, Jessica joins some of her Ute research partners to talk about the work they have all been doing together at Browns Canyon National Monument. This work is being conducted through the non-profit Living Heritage Research Council and funded by the Bureau of Land Management Colorado and the Colorado State Historical Fund. Mr. Terry Knight (Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Historic Preservation Officer), Mr. Mark Wing (Living Heritage Research Council Ute team member), and Ms. Sapphire...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts Chairman Juan Mancias, Chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas (in their language the Esto'k Gna Somi Se'k[The Human Beings of Texas]). During the interview Juan discusses the tribal erasure in Texas, Spanish and American colonization, and the Border Wall. He also discusses their efforts to protect Garcia Pasture along with other culturally important places from development along the US/Mexico Border by SpaceX and LNG. Garcia Pasture was on the World...

On today's episode, Jessica welcomes back Dr. Jason Younker (Assistant Vice President and Advisor to the President on Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations at the University of Oregon and Chief of the Coquille Indian Tribe) on the podcast. Dr. Younker was a guest on Heritage Voices Episode 73 "Exploring the Ethics in Experimental Archaeology", but Jessica invited him back because there was clearly so much more to discuss. In this episode, we talk about how Kennewick Man and the...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts Dr. Richard Meyers (Oglala Lakota), Tribal Relations Specialist at the Black Hills National Forest and the former Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor at Oglala Lakota College. Richie joined as part of the panel on Episode 73: Exploring the Ethics in Experimental Archaeology and I knew we needed to have him back to do a one on one episode. We talk about various aspects of identity, as well as the challenges and benefits of working in a variety...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts Dr. Michael Blakey, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Anthropology, Africana Studies, American Studies and Founding Director of the Institute for Historical Biology at the College of William and Mary and the Co-Chair of the American Anthropological Association's Commission for the Ethical Treatment of Human Remains. Dr. Blakey carries us on his lifetime journey in the field of Anthropology, including his childhood looking for archaeological...

On today's episode, we have a panel talking about the ethics of experimental archaeology and specifically on their work together around the digitization of the Crabtree Lithic Technology Collection. We talk about why the Indigenous Advisory board members wanted to be part of these efforts, overarching ethics in experimental archaeology, and what this project is trying to do to address those ethical issues. Finally, we talk about the future of this project and how this project helps bridge the...

On today's episode, Jessica speaks with Dr. Oona Paredes, Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Oona discusses her understanding of Indigenous Peoples growing up in the Philippines and how her work with the Higaunon Lumad of northern Mindanao has directly challenged those early beliefs. She also describes how Western concept of Indigeneity doesn't cleanly fit in the context of Southeast Asia. She discusses how she and the the...

On today's episode, Jessica brings Ashleigh Thompson back on the show. You may remember Ashleigh from Heritage Voices Episode 21 (Food Sovereignty and Natives Outdoors). Today we continue her journey since finishing her Masters and focus on her work as the Director of Archaeology Southwest's Tribal Collaboration Initiative. We especially dive into the Save History project focused on ending the theft and destruction of archaeological resources on Tribal and public land. This episode is packed...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts a conversation with Dr. Antoinette Jackson and Delande Justinavil about Black cemeteries. We talk about their work and how their efforts fit into larger efforts to learn more about and protect Black cemeteries. We talk about the importance of using a variety of methods and disciplines to understand this important topic, as well as the necessity of including living people and art to inform this work and speak to the general public. The discussion includes the...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts Ernest House, Jr. (Ute Mountain Ute), Senior Policy Director for the Keystone Policy Center and former Executive Director for the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (CCIA). Ernest talks about his experiences working for CCIA including their efforts in collaboration with 48 tribes associated with the state of Colorado to develop a statewide repatriation policy and his work to support the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations' ongoing efforts to commemorate the Sand...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts Deniss Martinez (Tutunaku descendant), PhD candidate in Ecology at UC Davis. Deniss' dissertation research focuses on Indigenous cultural burning, so we explore what cultural burning is, the diversity within cultural burning, how federal and state agencies can better collaborate with cultural burning practitioners, as well as how practitioners are facing the threat of climate change. Throughout the episode we talk about centering Indigenous voices and...

The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a bit of a break for October, 2022. In the mean time, we're introducing you to some of the other fantastic shows that we produce. Here's an episode from The Dirt Podcast about "Finding our Religion" with a guest anthropologist and ethnographer. Candace is an anthropologist and ethnographer whose research focuses on the intersections of transnational migration, religion, race, and empire. We learned so much  in this episode! It's always such a treat...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts Anastasia Walhovd (Ojibwe), Founder of Makoons Consulting, LLC and the Tribal Archaeology Network. We talk about her journey and experience running Makoons Consulting, where she provides archaeological field technician services in the Upper Midwest and Southwest. We also talk about her vision of creating more of a network of Indigenous Archaeologists and how that led to the creation of the Tribal Archaeology Network, as well as her ultimate vision and goals...

On today's episode, Jessica interviews Dr. Kelly Fayard (Poarch Band of Creek Indians), Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Denver. Jessica and Kelly dive into Poarch identity from a variety of different angles. She discusses how different historic events influenced Poarch identity in sometimes unexpected ways and where the Poarch Creek fit in with larger conversations about Indigenous identity. We also talk about strategies for creating an inclusive and safe classroom,...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts a panel of Indigenous Cultural Resource Management and Heritage company leaders. The panel includes Dr. Ashley Spivey (Pamukey Indian Tribe), Executive Director of Kenah Consulting (Heritage Voices Episode 43), Desireé Martinez (Gabrileño-Tongva), President of Cogstone Resource Management and Tongva Tribal Archaeologist (Heritage Voices Episodes 9, 17, 46), Jeremy Begay (Diné), Carrizo Archaeological Group, and Steve DeRoy (Buffalo Clan,...

On today's episode, Jessica interviews Dr. Clint Carroll, Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎡᎲᎢ (Cherokee Nation Citizen). Jessica and Clint discuss his interdisciplinary community based work with the Cherokee Nation. He describes how the history of colonialism has challenged Cherokee relationships with the land, but also how the Cherokee Nation has sustained or reformed...

On today’s podcast, Jessica hosts the crew of the Digging to the Other Side Podcast. We talk about what got them all interested in archaeology, how the podcast was created, what topics they cover, and why it is important to have a podcast on archaeology and related topics across the Americas through the perspectives of Asian hyphenated archaeologists. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James...