@article {9588,
	title = {Between Colonial and Indigenous Archaeologies: Legal and Extra-legal Ownership of the Archaeological Past in North America},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {27},
	year = {2003},
	pages = {154-190},
	abstract = {<p>For over a century and a half, archaeologists have fought to protect the archaeological record from impacts caused by looting, antiquities trafficking, development, and other threats to the preservation of, in effect, the raw material of the archaeological enterprise. But as post-colonial sensibilities slowly permeate North American society, descendant communities have challenged the basis for both archaeologists to assert an exclusive stewardship of the archaeological record, and the state\&$\#$39;s authority to endow this exclusivity to archaeologists. This paper reviews the historical context from which archaeologists have obtained in legislation a privileged trust from the state to manage and protect the archaeological record in North America, and the challenges First Nations have made to being excluded from their ancestor\&$\#$39;s past. While the changing balance in the politics of archaeology in North America is undermining archaeologists\&$\#$39; exclusivity, it also offers opportunities for archaeology to become more inclusive and relevant in society.</p>},
	author = {Neal Ferris}
}
