Indigenous Archaeology: An Early Example from Southern California’s Chumash Tribe Volume 8 - Issue 5

Jon M Erlandson¹*, Kote Lotah² and John Thothokanayoh Ruiz²

• ¹University of Oregon Museum of Natural & Cultural History, USA
• ²Southern Owl Clan, Brotherhood of the Tomol, and Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, USA

Received:October 12, 2023;   Published: October 20, 2023

Corresponding author:Jon M Erlandson, University of Oregon Museum of Natural & Cultural History, USA

DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2023.08.000298

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Indigenous Archaeology has received a lot of attention recently, as it provides meaningful opportunities for archaeologists to help address current issues of concern to Indigenous groups. Here we explore the roots of Indigenous Archaeology along the Pacific Coast of North America. We summarize the 1977-78 Cultural Resources Inventory and Management Project in California’s Santa Barbara County, which saw Chumash Tribal members work together with archaeologists to help protect endangered archaeological sites and other cultural heritage resources.

Indigenous archaeology-the integration of Indigenous knowledge into archaeological research-has been integral to rebuilding trust and relationships between Indigenous groups and archaeologists and has resulted in new perspectives of the past [1].

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