damage political structure of tribes.
Kintigh - Oral tradition as part of a broader issue of sensitivity and writing.
Dongoske - Use Christy Turner’s explanation of cannibalism. Did not address other
alternatives. Then took it farther in a journal. Should not have!
Jenkins - Question for profession/academics. Will have tribes discussing and formulating own
research agendas. Don’t care what archaeologists have to say. Archaeologists have to live and
work in the scientific world, he doesn’t. Okay for archaeologists to do their thing. Native
Americans really need not pay attention.
Dongoske - Have 1/2 hour before lunch. Carry on or discuss key issues. Decided to
summarize key issues.
Ferguson - Tribe should set their own research agendas, and that each tribe’s will be
different. Tribes have protocol for outsiders to gain access to Tribe. Model of research that
has whole package. Female consultants have been a neglected resource.
Kintigh - Need elaborated archaeological ethics in dealing with tribal groups. SAA now
working on this!
Jackson - Setting research agendas. Work with Hank Stevens from Irvine to set up
ethnographic agendas. Use as a guide. Have to train tribal personnel. When going out set up
interviews on Elder’s time.
Pilles - Archaeologists and Native Americans not equipped to collect oral traditions.
Downum - Conference on TCPs make gathered information available back to tribe and in a
form they can use. How archaeologists interpret that collaborates with oral tradition help
with public awareness. Let Tribe’s set agenda.
Jenkins - Material in form of transcriptions, tapes, need to be archived. On Hopi, worried
about such archival storage & protection. Think about long term archival storage.
Gasser - If do research, draw heavily on oral tradition, can give it back to informants.
Jackson - do take transcriptions back to informants for update.
Gasser - Bad if don’t get revisions.
Jackson - Then get Council approval for donation.
Dongoske - letters to SAA, to get peer review on Hopi material.