Abstract

There is a vast potential for developing an archaeology that integrates indigenous traditions and perspectives as well as dangers and contradictions inherent in trying to bring together two fundamentally different ways of seeing the world and understanding the past. This paper will discuss both these aspects using examples from the Cree archaeology of the post European contact period in subarctic Québec. Examples will be taken from recent research conducted within the Cree Heritage and the Land Program of the Cree Regional Authority. The program has emphasized both archaeology and the collection of Cree traditions (stories, legends, place names) relating to places within the Québec Cree territories.