Current Issues in Anthropology

Required: Smith, C., Jackson, G., 2006. Decolonizing Indigenous archaeology: Developments from Down Under, American Indian Quarterly 30, 311-349.

Required: Hay, T., 2019. The meaning of Mount McKay: Anemki-waucheau and settler colonial reterritorialization in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Histoire sociale/Social History 52, 281-304.

Required: Tues. Sept. 9 - Class 3 Learning from Indigenous Stories I: Lee Maracle

Required: Maracle, L. (2004) Goodbye, Snauq, In: Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada’s Past, Anchor Canada, pp. 200-219 Video: Lee Maracle on ‘Goodbye Snauq’ (16 min) Prior to class, post 2-3 discussion questions based on the readings to D2L Discussions.

Required: Thurs. Sept. 11 - Class 4

Required: Learning from Indigenous Stories II: Thomas King

Required: King, T. (2003) ‘You’ll never believe what happened’ is always a great way to start. In: The Truth About Stories, Dead Dog Café Productions Inc. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Note: I strongly encourage you to listen to the audio version as originally delivered by Thomas King as part of the Massey Lecture series. The audio version includes portions that have been excluded from the written version, and better reflects the oral traditions of Indigenous storytelling. The written version is a good follow-up to the oral version. Prior to class, post 2-3 discussion questions based on the readings to D2L Discussions. Due date for Letter to Professor Assignment

Required: Tues. Sept. 16 - Class 5 Repatriation

Required: Atalay, S., Shannon, J., Swogger, J.G., 2017. Journeys to Complete the Work, Creative Commons, USA. (graphic novel)

Required: Atalay, S., 2019. Braiding strands of wellness: How repatriation contributes to healing through embodied practice and storywork, The Public Historian 41, 78-89. UBC Museum of Anthropology (2008). Case study: Stone T’xwelátse: The Road Home. In: Returning the Past: Repatriation of First Nations Cultural Property, pp. 10-16. Video: T’xwelátse is Finally Home (2007), Herb Joe & Stólö Research and Resource Management Centre. (30 min) Prior to class, post 2-3 discussion questions based on the readings to D2L Discussions.

Required: Thurs. Sept. 18 - Class 6: Fossils and Indigenous people

Required: Mayor, A., 2007. Fossils in Native American lands: Whose bones, whose story? Paper presented at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Nov 1-2, 2007, Washington D.C.

Required: Todd, Z., 2025. Fossil fuels and fossil kin: An environmental kin study of weaponised fossil kin and Alberta’s so-called “energy resources heritage”, Antipode 57, 1725-1749.