Sharon Urban’s Notes
November 9, 1994 (Wednesday)
Workshop organized by Kurt Dongoske (of the Hopi Tribe Cultural Preservation
Office) through the Arizona Archaeological Council. It was held at the
Woodlands Plaza Hotel in Flagstaff. Conference days were November 9 & 10,
1994. There is a separate sign in sheet for each thy. The workshop is also
being recorded on audio tape.
Opening by Kurt Dongoske. Spring meeting, AAC Board wanted to better
facilitate Native Americans and Archaeology. Spoke with Peter Pilles and a
workshop came out of it. Dongoske wrote a grant, it was funded. Here we are
address: Consultation, Native Americans & Federal Groups, nature of
consultation and how take place, Oral Tradition and archaeology and how they
interact, and Native Americans Role in Archaeology. Share ideas and concepts.
Get ideas of issues and how each group interacts. Marva Booth, from the Upper
Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, will be a
facilitator for the workshop. Lunch & dinner today, plus lunch planned for
tomorrow, this is to help keep the dialogue going. Also, there is a sign in
sheet. Go around the table to introduce each one. Speak up!
First issue will be that of CONSULTATION. Go around and get each person’s
ideas on the subject. Booth had a list of items to do to help keep the
workshop going. What are relevant issues on consultation between the tribes
and federal agencies. Federal level related to archaeology. Federal red tape
legal requirements is one side. The other is the meaningful archaeological,
tied with ethics, is another side. What about the research end of things that
may not be required, but would be useful. Also should include State action
plans. Question of process, what is result likely to look like (a written
document), Legal issue is there, it will be done, but how is not specified.
Who does consulting from tribe, and who from other agency. How consultation
unfolds often depends on the players! Legally that does not matter, but in the
process that does matter. Often people just get knowledgeable about this
process, then they are moved out. There is no formal way in agencies as how to
set up these consultations in the first place. Different ways and levels of
contact. How to contact elders to set up a consultation? Need contact, can’t
just barge in. Need protocol. Can go either way with good, or bad contacts. If
bad, still have to carry on with legal aspect, and its the agency’s
responsibility to do that. With Federal government scaling down and field
people having to do consultants and are new and not really knowing what to do.
The same can hold true for the various tribes. Initial contact is important.
Not all agencies have a contact person. What laws require consultation?
Discussion. Maybe not worry about what laws, but get to the process. All can
see where want to come from, then go to results. Break down process, to
protocol if contact, obtaining permit, then consultation. On both sides have