Unsettling the Past: Radically Reimagining Archaeological Knowledge
This webinar explores how Black and Indigenous knowledge systems can reshape how archaeology is practiced.
Indigenous
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How Sweat Lodge Ceremonies Heal War’s Wounds
After trying conventional treatments for PTSD, an anthropologist who is also a veteran stepped into the first of many Native American ceremonies for vets and emerged with much more than he initially expected.
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dear gretas
An anthropologist offers a letter-poem for the pandemic era to environmental activist Greta Thunberg—and to the rest of us—while re-envisioning our species as Humo ludens collaborans (humorous playful collaborators).
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What Rez Dogs Mean to the Lakota
Dogs on Native American reservations can be dangerous, but they have a long history and traditional role in many Indigenous communities. Remembering that is key to avoiding future violence.
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Women at the Hearth and on the Hunt
New archaeological findings about hunting challenge entrenched beliefs about gender roles in ancient hunter-gatherer societies.
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The Travesties of India’s Tribal Boarding Schools
Two researchers argue that India’s large-scale tribal boarding schools revive features of 19th- and 20th-century boarding schools in North America and elsewhere that sought to strip Indigenous peoples of their families, languages, and cultural identities.