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CORRECTION TO 2/25 ARTICEL ON SAA, AAA AND TRIBAL RESEARCH
leeson_k@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU
Thu, 3 Mar 1994 11:51:19 -0700
accept my apology. The following is the corrected version. Karen,
CU-Boulder
Contact: Deward E. Walker, Jr.
CU-Boulder
(303) 492-6719
walkerde@spot.colorado.edu
February 25, 1994
Anthropology and Native Americans: SAA, AAA and Tribal Research
The recent communication from Roger Echohawk suggests that
archaeological reconstruction of the past may be improved by the research
of tribal historians. While this may be true in certain cases, the most
fundamental issue raised in these exchanges concerns who will authorize,
design, fund, and otherwise control anthropological research in the United
States. It is quite possible that the tribes and not the universities and
state and federal agencies will control anthropological research with the
latter being in supportive and distinctly secondary technical and
administrative roles. It is not only anthropologists who can go to
Washington, DC. to obtain laws that protect their interests. NAGPRA is
clear evidence of this. Perhaps the most interesting question is when
Native Americans will make their next move to strengthen their grip on
anthropological research in the United States.
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