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Highlighting collaborative archaeological research that centers the
enduring histories of Native peoples in North America Challenging
narratives of Indigenous cultural loss and disappearance that are
still prevalent in the archaeological study of colonization, this
book highlights collaborative research and efforts to center the
enduring histories of Native peoples in North America through case
studies from several regions across the continent. The contributors
to this volume, including Indigenous scholars and Tribal resource
managers, examine different ways that archaeologists can center
long-term Indigenous presence in the practices of fieldwork,
laboratory analysis, scholarly communication, and public
interpretation. These conversations range from ways to reframe
colonial encounters in light of Indigenous persistence to the
practicalities of identifying poorly documented sites dating to the
late nineteenth century. In recognizing Indigenous presence in the
centuries after 1492, this volume counters continued patterns of
unknowing in archaeology and offers new perspectives on
decolonizing the field. These essays show how this approach can
help expose silenced histories, modeling research practices that
acknowledge Tribes as living entities with their own rights,
interests, and epistemologies.
Challenging narratives of Indigenous cultural loss and
disappearance that are still prevalent in the archaeological study
of colonization, this book highlights collaborative research and
efforts to center the enduring histories of Native peoples in North
America through case studies from several regions across the
continent. The contributors to this volume, including Indigenous
scholars and Tribal resource managers, examine different ways that
archaeologists can center long-term Indigenous presence in the
practices of fieldwork, laboratory analysis, scholarly
communication, and public interpretation. These conversations range
from ways to reframe colonial encounters in light of Indigenous
persistence to the practicalities of identifying poorly documented
sites dating to the late nineteenth century. In recognizing
Indigenous presence in the centuries after 1492, this volume
counters continued patterns of unknowing in archaeology and offers
new perspectives on decolonizing the field. These essays show how
this approach can help expose silenced histories, modeling research
practices that acknowledge Tribes as living entities with their own
rights, interests, and epistemologies.
Spanish missions in North America were once viewed as confining and
stagnant communities, with native peoples on the margins of the
colonial enterprise. Recent archaeological and ethnohistorical
research challenges that notion." Indigenous Landscapes and Spanish
Missions "considers how native peoples actively incorporated the
mission system into their own dynamic existence. The book, written
by diverse scholars and edited by Lee M. Panich and Tsim D.
Schneider, covers missions in the Spanish borderlands from
California to Texas to Georgia.
Offering thoughtful arguments and innovative perspectives, the
editors organized the book around three interrelated themes. The
first section explores power, politics, and belief, recognizing
that Spanish missions were established within indigenous landscapes
with preexisting tensions, alliances, and belief systems. The
second part, addressing missions from the perspective of indigenous
inhabitants, focuses on their social, economic, and historical
connections to the surrounding landscapes. The final section
considers the varied connections between mission communities and
the world beyond the mission walls, including examinations of how
mission neophytes, missionaries, and colonial elites vied for land
and natural resources.
I"ndigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions "offers a holistic
view on the consequences of missionization and the active
negotiation of missions by indigenous peoples, revealing
cross-cutting perspectives into the complex and contested histories
of the Spanish borderlands. This volume challenges readers to
examine deeply the ways in which native peoples negotiated
colonialism not just inside the missions themselves but also within
broader indigenous landscapes. This book will be of interest to
archaeologists, historians, tribal scholars, and anyone interested
in indigenous encounters with colonial institutions.
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