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Highlighting collaborative archaeological research that centers the enduring histories of Native peoples in North America
 
“A perfect embodiment of the major transformations occurring in North American archaeology today. The wide representation of Native American voices in this volume may be unequaled anywhere in the archaeological literature. The authors advocate methods, concepts, and terminologies to unerase practices of erasure.”—Charles R. Cobb, author of The Archaeology of Southeastern Native American Landscapes of the Colonial Era  
 
“As a Native academic with over 20 years of experience engaging with archaeology, I found that these chapters offer new approaches and useful examples I would integrate into my courses and that helped me think that archaeology in North America is moving in the right direction with each new generation of practitioners. By incorporating Indigenous scholars, the book models through practice how to integrate Indigenous knowledge—in its many forms—into archaeology.”—D. Rae Gould, coauthor of Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration: Discovering Histories That Have Futures  
 
Challenging narratives of Indigenous cultural loss and disappearance that are still prevalent in the archaeological study of colonization, this book highlights collaborative research and efforts to center the enduring histories of Native peoples in North America through case studies from several regions across the continent.
 
The contributors to this volume, including Indigenous scholars and Tribal resource managers, examine different ways that archaeologists can center long-term Indigenous presence in the practices of fieldwork, laboratory analysis, scholarly communication, and public interpretation. These conversations range from ways to reframe colonial encounters in light of Indigenous persistence to the practicalities of identifying poorly documented sites dating to the late nineteenth century.
 
In recognizing Indigenous presence in the centuries after 1492, this volume counters continued patterns of unknowing in archaeology and offers new perspectives on decolonizing the field. These essays show how this approach can help expose silenced histories, modeling research practices that acknowledge Tribes as living entities with their own rights, interests, and epistemologies.  
 
Tsim D. Schneider, a citizen of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse: Coast Miwok Resilience and Indigenous Hinterlands in Colonial California. Lee M. Panich, associate professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University, is the author of Narratives of Persistence: Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California.
 
Contributors: Heather Walder | Sarah E. Cowie | Peter A Nelson | Shawn Steinmetz | Nick Tipon | Lee M Panich | Tsim D Schneider | Maureen Mahoney | Matthew A. Beaudoin | Nicholas Laluk | Kurt A. Jordan | Kathleen L. Hull | Laura L. Scheiber | Sarah Trabert | Paul N. Backhouse | Diane L. Teeman | Dave Scheidecker | Catherine Dickson | Hannah Russell | Ian Kretzler 

This paper examines the interface between science and policymaking and calls for a policy approach that is enabled by, and responsive to, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Mātauranga Māori. For a science sector to have its greatest reach and impact for all citizens, it must demonstrate relevance, accessibility and inclusion. In Aotearoa, there has been concern about the exclusion of Māori and Pacific expertise from science advice and key decision-making roles. Te Tiriti offers a powerful framework for connecting systems and communities of knowledge in ways that are mutually beneficial and future focused.

Authors

Tahu Kukutai, Tracey McIntosh, Amohia Boulton, Meihana Durie, Meika Foster, Jessica Hutchings, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Te Taiawatea Moko-Mead, Sarah-Jane Paine, Suzanne Pitama, and Jacinta Ruru

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

28-April 2020 | Stuff interview with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Morning Report with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Newshub with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Waatea News with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | The Spinoff with Jacinta Ruru & Tahu Kukutai

03-May 2021 | Research Professional, Article (Paywall)

In this publication of firsts, 24 Māori preeminent scholars bravely share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their academic careers. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātaurang knowledge – is positively influencing the Western-dominated learning disciplines.

‘It is a shameful fact,’ says co-editor Jacinta Ruru in her introduction to Ngā Kete Mātauranga, ‘that in 2020, only about five percent of academic staff at universities in Aotearoa New Zealand are Māori.’

‘The book demonstrates the power, energy and diversity that can be brought out into the world by Māori scholars working both comfortably and uncomfortably from within, without and across diverse academic disciplines and mātauranga Māori.’ – Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Not only a celebration of all knowledges in Aotearoa NZ, this book is also a greater call to action to create positive transformative change for our nation.

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

Te Kura Roa: Whaihua

Rāwinia Higgins, Poia Rewi and Vincent Olsen-Reeder launched this series of reports from the Te Kura Roa research programme in June 2017. The reports were presented to Te Kōhanga Reo and Te Ataarangi, with findings from the ‘Whaihua’ research project which was first initiated in 2010.

Download the report series below:

Pūrongo 1: He Whenua Haumako – Te Kōhanga Reo, Te Ataarangi

Pūrongo 2: Te Kōrerotia o te Reo Māori

Pūrongo 3: Te Reo Māori me te Whānau

Pūrongo 4: Te Reo Māori me te Hapori

Pūrongo 5: Te Reo Māori me te Wāhi Mahi

Pūrongo 6: Te Reo Māori me te Tuakiri ā-Motu

Pūrongo 7: Te Reo Māori me ōna Ratonga

This research programme was commissioned and supported by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to gain insight into the value of the Māori language. Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua was a part of a wider investigation into the national value of the Māori language. The main objective of the research was to investigate the community value of the Māori language among the whānau of Te Kōhanga Reo and Te Ataarangi.

The seven reports above contain the results of the project and are designed to share and discuss. If you have any queries please contact Te Kura Roa: tekuraroa@vuw.ac.nz

The authors and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga humbly thank all, the whānau, the purapura, the communities and boards, vibrant locales through whom we were able to carry out this Māori language project.

The Māori economy is often defined simply by the contributions of Māori in New Zealand in the areas of farming, fisheries and forestry. This book explores the ways that Māori in the privatised military industry contribute in monetary and non-monetary ways to the Māori economy.

Workers in the privatised military industry very rarely, if ever, give interviews about their work or details about their pay. However, this book includes five interviews with Māori who have worked or are still working in the privatised military industry and explores how they articulate themselves as Māori in the industry, giving a glimpse at this secret world and how Māori operate in it.

See more at: http://www.huia.co.nz/huia-bookshop/bookshop/a-hidden-economy-maori-in-…

He Mangōpare Amohia: Strategies for Māori Economic Development was launched at Mātaatua, Te Mānuka Tūtahi, in Whakatāne on Thursday, May 21, 2015 and the publication identifi es critical success factors for Māori economic development. 

Emerging out of the three-year NPM research programme Te Tupunga Māori Economic  Development, He Mangōpare Amohia details the findings of the ground-breaking research undertaken which has a vision of transforming Māori/iwi economic development. A copy of the report can be accessed on our website:

This book received a publication support grant (PSG) from NPM, and makes a connection between the global and the local, between the political and the personal - and encourages us to take control over the food security of our whānau, providing practical advice on how to grow kai traditionally and in a kaupapa Māori way.

Jessica Hutchings (hua parakore gardener, activist, academic and certified Te Waka Kai Ora grower) explains the political implications of the decisions that we make about growing and eating kai. She encourages us to take control over the food security of our whanau, providing practical advice on how to grow kai in accordance with the kaupapa of hua parakore, inspiring us with stories of hua parakore heroes and reassuring us that becoming a hua parakore gardener is a journey that anyone can embark on

With communities increasingly facing the challenges of food costs and security, rampant consumerism, climate change and oil pressures the book seeks to inspire its readers with stories of how to grow food holistically, organically and purely - guided by the knowledge of past generations, and combined with the shared experiences of other hua parakore growers from around the country.

Ultimately it seeks to reassure us all, that this journey towards exerting some control over our food sources and becoming a hua parakore gardener can be realised by all our communities - whether urban or rural.

You can buy a copy of Te Mahi Maara Hua Parakore from Te Wānanga o Raukawa, by emailing tetakupusales@twor-otaki.ac.nz

Home: Here To Stay is a collection of essays exploring subjects such as migration, ageing and dying, and the meanings of home to Indigenous and colonised peoples.

This collection of 12 academic essays considers understandings of home and the impact of dominant societies on indigenous societies and their homes. The book covers home and language preservation, homelessness, retention of land, tobacco use in the home, loss of home through trauma and natural disaster, ageing and health, and the meaning of home.

Sociocultural Realities: Exploring new horizonsexamines sociocultural approaches in the education sector, from early childhood to tertiary. With few publications covering such a range, there is a common struggle to gain a better understanding of the impact of social and cultural discourses on learning and teaching; this book aims to encourage the discussion and application of the theory and practice by researchers, policy-makers and teacher educators in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and elsewhere. The evolution of sociocultural theory is illustrated, and its links to cultural diversity across these three geographically distinct settings are shared. By way of a range of personal experiences, and some innovative research that showcases sociocultural theory in practice, the book offers practical examples for educators to employ in today’s diverse learning contexts. Three key messages recur: the importance of people working in partnership, the worthiness of protecting diversity and uniqueness, and the significance of participation as an enabler of success.

Sociocultural Realities: Exploring new horizons is a reference for teachers, special education advisors, psychologists, university lecturers and paraprofessionals.

Angus Macfarlane is Professor of Māori Research at the University of Canterbury and Kaihautū (Senior Māori Advisor) of the New Zealand Psychological Society.

Sonja Macfarlane is a senior lecturer in the School of Health Sciences and Co-Director of the Māori Research Laboratory at the University of Canterbury.

Melinda Webber is a senior lecturer in the School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice at the Faculty of Education, University of Auckland

The landmark UNESCO publication, Agree to Differ, was launched on Tuesday 18th May, on Day One of the 3rd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku. This book is part of a celebration of the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures which runs from 2013 to 2022. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) accepted an invitation to provide a contribution to the publication and Director Tracey McIntosh has written a section titled ‘Sites of understanding and transformation: Māori and cross-cultural research’. The publication includes contributions from many esteemed academics and authors from around the globe, detailing their work in enhancing the mutual understanding and reciprocal knowledge of cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity, conributing to the ongoing reconciliation efforts between cultures, building frameworks for commonly shared values which foster social cohesion, proposing and disseminating intercultural dialogue through education and the media and fostering conversations around sustainable development and its ethical, social and cultural dimensions. NPM has been asked to host a copy of the book on our website, and a digital version can now be accessed below. You can also access an interactive copy of the E-Book on the Tudor Rose site from this page.