Chapter 4 Good Medicine
Prescriptions for Indigenous Archaeological Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ora Marek‐martinez (Northern Arizona University, corresponding author), Stacey L Gonzalez (0000-0002-1769-2029, University of Washington) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-57 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1551-823X • E-ISSN: 1551-8248 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/apaa.12171 |
| OpenAlex | W4385498948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 26 |
While the history of North American archaeology points to a long engagement with tribal elders and scholars, these encounters largely consist of unequal, extractive relationships wherein Indigenous collaborators and Indigenous archaeologists have been treated more as objects of study and pity-what Bea Medicine refers to as "creatures"-rather than as equal research partners. As an Indigenous woman and a settler Chicanx woman, we reflect on the life journey and scholarship of Bea Medicine, a Lakota scholar-activist and mentor to Indigenous anthropologists. Dr. Medicine's work has provided generations of Indigenous anthropologists with the means to participate in the discipline with their whole selves and, importantly, on their own terms. We argue that Medicine's contributions provide good medicine for the field in the form of concrete strategies for continuing to decolonize the discipline and for doing work that centers the direct needs and perspectives of Indigenous peoples. When read alongside Indigenous archaeologies' often overlooked grandmothers, mothers, and aunties, Medicine's work also highlights continuing disparities in archaeological practice, from our relationships with and to Indigenous nations to the relations we cultivate in the Academy as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Archaeology · Creatures · Discipline · Indigenous · Pity · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Psychology · Ecology
Community-Based Archaeology
Indigenous Archaeological Approaches and the Refusal of Colonialism in Archaeology
American Indians and Anthropologists
Imagining Indigenous and Archaeological Futures
Native American Resistance To Integration
Native American (Indian) Women
The Intersection of Indigenous thought and archaeological practice
Sins of Our Ancestors (and of Ourselves)
Indigenous Archaeology as Decolonizing Practice
Building a Bridge to Cross a Thousand Years
Archaeology for the Seventh Generation
Savage Kin
Custer Died for Your Sins
The Premise and Promise of Indigenous Archaeology
Decolonizing Methodologies
The Lives and Work of Beatrice Medicine and Vine Deloria Jr
Archeology and the First Americans
Collaborative Archaeologies and Descendant Communities
Sitting at the Kitchen Table
The Study of Sustained Colonialism
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |