George Nicholas
Biographic Data
| ID | 76719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Nicholas |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicholas |
| SIGNATURE | NICHOLAS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8427-1198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 360 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The Speaking Past: Positioning Oral Traditions in Archaeological Practice
This chapter examines how Indigenous oral traditions and archaeological practice intersect, revealing the power dynamics, colonial legacies, and cultural perspectives that shape historical narratives. It challenges the biases that marginalize oral histories in scholarly discourse and critiques the dominance of Western archaeological methodologies. By analyzing how oral traditions convey history and relate to material evidence, the chapter undersc…
We need ‘Yolŋu Space’, ‘Jawoyn Space’, ‘Pitjantjatjara Space’ … not ‘third space’
The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Oral Traditions and Archaeology
Archaeology has increasingly engaged with Indigenous oral traditions as a means to develop closer relationships with, and understandings of, Indigenous communities and their ancestors. Here we refer to “oral traditions” as records of history transmitted across generations via practices of memory, often perpetuated in the context of performance, symbolism, ritual, ecological knowledge, and other forms of situated learning. As the principal records…
Working as Indigenous Archaeologists: Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives
The Search for the First Americans: Science, Power, Politics. By Robert V. Davis Jr
The question of who the First Americans were continues to evolve as new sites are found and dated, sometimes in previously unexplored regions (e.g., the continental shelf), and new technologies employed. Robert Davis offers a fresh take on the extensive and sometimes contradictory literature, on contentious claims, and on different ways of ways of knowing the past. As a non-archaeologist (a Ph.D. in science and technology, and a career in public …
Protecting Indigenous heritage objects, places, and values: Challenges, Responses, and Responsibilities
This paper examines ongoing challenges facing Indigenous peoples and their heritage, the consequences of inadequate heritage protection, and new initiatives that counter this. Indigenous scholars, tribal leaders, and others have done much to educate outsiders as to their heritage values and ways of life. My goal is to identify areas where governments, industry, the public, and even academic researchers have failed to understand this. I first exam…
Engaging Archaeology: 25 Case Studies in Research Practice (Stephen W. Silliman, editor)
Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems
The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization, government policies, capitalism, colonialism, and other rapid social-ecological changes threaten the relationships between Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their environments, thereby challenging the continuity and dynamism of Indigenous and Local Knowle…
Disentangling ‘contact’, ‘colonialism’ and ‘cultural entanglement’
Disentangling ‘contact’, ‘colonialism’ and ‘cultural entanglement’." Australian Archaeology, 88(1), pp. 102–103
An ethical crisis in ancient DNA research: Insights from the Chaco Canyon controversy as a case study
In recent years, the field of paleogenomics has grown into an exciting and rapidly advancing area of scientific inquiry. However, scientific work in this field has far outpaced the discipline's dialogue about research ethics. In particular, Indigenous peoples have argued that the paleogenomics revolution has produced a 'vampire science' that perpetuates biocolonialist traditions of extracting Indigenous bodies and heritage without the consent of,…
Indigenous Archaeologies: North American Perspective
Indigenous Archaeologies in Archaeological Theory
Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) Project
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society and Simon Fraser University (SCES-SFU) Indigenous Archaeology Program
Watkins, Joe (Theory)
Dibaajimindwaa Geteyaag: Ogiiyose, Noojigiigoo’iwe gaye Dibinawaag Nibiing Onji/Stories of the Old Ones: Hunter and Fish from Sheltered Water (Kevin Brownlee)
The digital lives of Ancestors
In bioarchaeology, 3-D models of human skeletons are increasingly being used in constructing osteobiographies. This is of considerable interest to Indigenous peoples who are keen to learn about their Ancestors’ lives, especially through non-destructive data recovery methods. This chapter offers a primer for those interested in implementing 3-D techniques in studies of Ancestors. We introduce common 3-D scanning techniques used in bioarchaeology. …
James L. Cox, Restoring the Chain of Memory: T.G.H. Strehlow and the Repatriation of Australian Indigenous Knowledge
James L. Cox, Restoring the Chain of Memory: T.G.H. Strehlow and the Repatriation of Australian Indigenous Knowledge (Sheffield, UK and Bristol, CT: Equinox, 2018), xix + 202 pp., $100.00 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-78179-337-4
The Sound of Silence: Indigenous perspectives on the historical archaeology of colonialism ed. by Tiina Äikäs and Anna-Kaisa Salmi
Reviewed by: The Sound of Silence: Indigenous perspectives on the historical archaeology of colonialism ed. by Tiina Äikäs and Anna-Kaisa Salmi George Nicholas The Sound of Silence: Indigenous perspectives on the historical archaeology of colonialism Edited by Tiina Äikäs and Anna-Kaisa Salmi. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Press, 2019. “How can archaeology engage with colonial histories, which are still painful and traumatic, in fruitful and ethical…
Indigenous Archaeologies: North American Perspective
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society and Simon Fraser University (SCES-SFU) Indigenous Archaeology Program
Watkins, Joe (Theory)
Indigenous Archaeologies in Archaeological Theory
Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists
What does being an archaeologist mean to Indigenous persons? How and why do some become archaeologists? What has led them down a path to what some in their communities have labeled a colonialist venture? What were are the challenges they have faced, and the motivations that have allowed them to succeed? How have they managed to balance traditional values and worldview with Western modes of inquiry? And how are their contributions broadening the s…
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society and Simon Fraser University (SCES-SFU) Indigenous Archaeology Program
The Premise and Promise of Indigenous Archaeology
Researchers have increasingly promoted an emerging paradigm of Indigenous archaeology, which includes an array of practices conducted by, for, and with Indigenous communities to challenge the discipline's intellectual breadth and political economy. McGhee (2008) argues that Indigenous archaeology is not viable because it depends upon the essentialist concept of 'Aboriginalism.' In this reply, we correct McGhee's description of Indigenous Archaeol…
Copyrighting the Past: Emerging Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Archaeology
Rights to intellectual property have become a major issue in ethnobotany and many other realms of research involving Indigenous communities. This paper examines intellectualpropertyrightsrelated issues in archaeology, including the relevance of such rights within the discipline, the forms these rights take, and the impacts of applying intellectual property protection in archaeology. It identifies the products of archaeological research and what t…
Protecting indigenous cultural property in the age of digital democracy: Institutional and communal responses to Canadian First Nations and Māori heritage concerns
This article presents a comparative study of how Canadian First Nations and New Zealand Māori peoples have employed digital technologies in the recording, reproduction, promotion and discussion of their cultural heritage. The authors explore a selection of First Nations and Māori initiatives that resist or creatively respond to the digitization and electronic dissemination of cultural ‘objects’, knowledges and landscapes as a continuation of soci…
Wetlands and Hunter-Gatherers: A Global Perspective
Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists
What does being an archaeologist mean to Indigenous persons? How and why do some become archaeologists? What has led them down a path to what some in their communities have labeled a colonialist venture? What were are the challenges they have faced, and the motivations that have allowed them to succeed? How have they managed to balance traditional values and worldview with Western modes of inquiry? And how are their contributions broadening the s…
Using Ethnographic Methods to Articulate Community-Based Conceptions of Cultural Heritage Management
How can ethnographic methods help communities articulate and enact their own conceptions of heritage management? This and related questions are being explored through an international research project, 'Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage'. The project includes up to twenty community-based initiatives that incorporate community-based participatory research and ethnographic methods to explore emerging intellectual property-related is…
Decolonizing the Archaeological Landscape: The Practice and Politics of Archaeology in British Columbia
In British Columbia, Canada, the practice of archaeology has been strongly influenced by issues of First Nations rights and the ways government and industry have chosen to address them. In turn, this situation has affected academic (i.e., research-based) and consulting (i.e., cultural resource management) archaeology, which have had to respond to changes in the provincial Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) and to the implementation of archaeological…
An ethical crisis in ancient DNA research: Insights from the Chaco Canyon controversy as a case study
In recent years, the field of paleogenomics has grown into an exciting and rapidly advancing area of scientific inquiry. However, scientific work in this field has far outpaced the discipline's dialogue about research ethics. In particular, Indigenous peoples have argued that the paleogenomics revolution has produced a 'vampire science' that perpetuates biocolonialist traditions of extracting Indigenous bodies and heritage without the consent of,…
The past and future of Indigenous archaeology: Global challenges, North American perspectives, Australian prospects 1
Since childhood, I've been drawn to distant times and diverse cultures. This interest provided the impetus, and my parents the encouragement, to pursue a career as an archaeologist. It was a decision that I have never regretted, even though what anthropology is today, and how it is practiced, is very different from that which 1 was first exposed to just a few decades ago. As will become apparent, 1 view archaeology as an inseparable dimension of …
Decoding Implications of the Genographic Project for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Recent controversies surrounding the Genographic Project, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and IBM, and its predecessors call attention to a need to better understand the broader ethical and practical implications of uses of ancient and contemporary human genetic information, which is today a form of cultural property. Although technological advances continue to facilitate the kinds of information available to researchers, concerns ab…
Working as Indigenous Archaeologists: Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives
Intellectual property and the ethical/legal status of human DNA: The (ir)relevance of context
There has been much discussion in recent years about the ethical and legal status of human DNA. This topic is of great relevance and importance to Aboriginal communities because the question of who has the right of access to and control over the DNA of individual persons, or of DNA extracted from human remains, could have implications for an entire community. In another context an individual's decision to contribute a blood sample for health rese…
Protecting Indigenous heritage objects, places, and values: Challenges, Responses, and Responsibilities
This paper examines ongoing challenges facing Indigenous peoples and their heritage, the consequences of inadequate heritage protection, and new initiatives that counter this. Indigenous scholars, tribal leaders, and others have done much to educate outsiders as to their heritage values and ways of life. My goal is to identify areas where governments, industry, the public, and even academic researchers have failed to understand this. I first exam…
Decoding Implications of the Genographic Project for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: Transcript of A Panel Discussion Held at the Chacmool Conference "Decolonizing Archaeology", University of Calga…
The panelists were then introduced and, in alphabetical order, gave their initial opening comments
Indigenous Archaeology
What has become known as “indigenous archaeology” took form in the 1990s through efforts to ensure a place for descendent communities in the discovery, interpretation of, benefits from, and decision making about their heritage. This followed growing public awareness of the plight of indigenous peoples worldwide, the passage of federal legislation to protect tribal interests, and a commitment by anthropologists and archaeologists to counter the co…
Beyond the Tangible: Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, Bioarchaeological Data, and Intellectual Property
On Intellectual Property Rights and Archaeology
Making Us Uneasy”: Clarke, Wobst, and Their Critique of Archaeology Put into Practice
Riding the Tourism Train: Navigating Intellectual Property, Heritage and Community-Based Approaches to Cultural Tourism
Keywords: commentary, tourism, cultural heritage, intellectual property, community resources, indigenous peoples, cultural resource management, First Nations, Klahowya Village, Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia, development, Canada, North America
Intellectual Property Issues in Heritage Management
Intellectual Property Issues in Archaeological Publication: Some Questions to Consider
Commentary: Intellectual Property Issues in Archaeology
On the Goddess Myth and Methodology
Howard Roy Sargent 1922-1993
was an archaeologist of place. Unlike many other archaeologists whose research takes them far from their home, Sargent's roots in New Hampshire were strong and lovingly nurtured. Over the past four decades, his was perhaps the principal name associated with New Hampshire prehistory. He was also a gifted and highly respected teacher, and the founding editor of the primary archaeology journal of the Northeast, Man in the Northeast (now Northeast An…
Wetlands and Hunter-Gatherers: A Global Perspective
On Representations of Race and Racism
The past and future of Indigenous archaeology: Global challenges, North American perspectives, Australian prospects 1
Since childhood, I've been drawn to distant times and diverse cultures. This interest provided the impetus, and my parents the encouragement, to pursue a career as an archaeologist. It was a decision that I have never regretted, even though what anthropology is today, and how it is practiced, is very different from that which 1 was first exposed to just a few decades ago. As will become apparent, 1 view archaeology as an inseparable dimension of …
Commentary: Intellectual Property Issues in Archaeology
On Intellectual Property Rights and Archaeology
Copyrighting the Past: Emerging Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Archaeology
Rights to intellectual property have become a major issue in ethnobotany and many other realms of research involving Indigenous communities. This paper examines intellectualpropertyrightsrelated issues in archaeology, including the relevance of such rights within the discipline, the forms these rights take, and the impacts of applying intellectual property protection in archaeology. It identifies the products of archaeological research and what t…
Revitalizations & Mazeways: Essays on Culture Change, vol. 1
Decolonizing the Archaeological Landscape: The Practice and Politics of Archaeology in British Columbia
In British Columbia, Canada, the practice of archaeology has been strongly influenced by issues of First Nations rights and the ways government and industry have chosen to address them. In turn, this situation has affected academic (i.e., research-based) and consulting (i.e., cultural resource management) archaeology, which have had to respond to changes in the provincial Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) and to the implementation of archaeological…
Wetlands and Hunter-Gatherer Land Use in North America
Native Peoples and Archaeology
Intellectual Property Issues in Archaeological Publication: Some Questions to Consider
Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes of Response
This chapter contains sections titled: Historical Contexts of Cultural Appropriation in Archaeology A Typology of Cultural Appropriation in Archaeology Modes of Resolution Conclusions Acknowledgments References
Using Ethnographic Methods to Articulate Community-Based Conceptions of Cultural Heritage Management
How can ethnographic methods help communities articulate and enact their own conceptions of heritage management? This and related questions are being explored through an international research project, 'Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage'. The project includes up to twenty community-based initiatives that incorporate community-based participatory research and ethnographic methods to explore emerging intellectual property-related is…
Decoding Implications of the Genographic Project for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Recent controversies surrounding the Genographic Project, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and IBM, and its predecessors call attention to a need to better understand the broader ethical and practical implications of uses of ancient and contemporary human genetic information, which is today a form of cultural property. Although technological advances continue to facilitate the kinds of information available to researchers, concerns ab…
Decoding Implications of the Genographic Project for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: Transcript of A Panel Discussion Held at the Chacmool Conference "Decolonizing Archaeology", University of Calga…
The panelists were then introduced and, in alphabetical order, gave their initial opening comments
Intellectual Property Issues in Heritage Management
Riding the Tourism Train: Navigating Intellectual Property, Heritage and Community-Based Approaches to Cultural Tourism
Keywords: commentary, tourism, cultural heritage, intellectual property, community resources, indigenous peoples, cultural resource management, First Nations, Klahowya Village, Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia, development, Canada, North America
Beyond the Tangible: Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, Bioarchaeological Data, and Intellectual Property
The Premise and Promise of Indigenous Archaeology
Researchers have increasingly promoted an emerging paradigm of Indigenous archaeology, which includes an array of practices conducted by, for, and with Indigenous communities to challenge the discipline's intellectual breadth and political economy. McGhee (2008) argues that Indigenous archaeology is not viable because it depends upon the essentialist concept of 'Aboriginalism.' In this reply, we correct McGhee's description of Indigenous Archaeol…
Intellectual Property Issues in Heritage Management
Making Us Uneasy”: Clarke, Wobst, and Their Critique of Archaeology Put into Practice
Protecting indigenous cultural property in the age of digital democracy: Institutional and communal responses to Canadian First Nations and Māori heritage concerns
This article presents a comparative study of how Canadian First Nations and New Zealand Māori peoples have employed digital technologies in the recording, reproduction, promotion and discussion of their cultural heritage. The authors explore a selection of First Nations and Māori initiatives that resist or creatively respond to the digitization and electronic dissemination of cultural ‘objects’, knowledges and landscapes as a continuation of soci…
Intellectual property and the ethical/legal status of human DNA: The (ir)relevance of context
There has been much discussion in recent years about the ethical and legal status of human DNA. This topic is of great relevance and importance to Aboriginal communities because the question of who has the right of access to and control over the DNA of individual persons, or of DNA extracted from human remains, could have implications for an entire community. In another context an individual's decision to contribute a blood sample for health rese…
Sociology (33 works) · Archaeology (31 works) · History (29 works) · Indigenous (24 works) · Geography (20 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (19 works) · Political science (18 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (17 works) · Law (16 works) · Anthropology (15 works)