SOUTHWEST SEMINARS | To Be Diné Southwestern Archaeology, Oral Tradition & the Story of the Navajo

Presented by: Dr. Kerry Frances Thompson (Diné)

Associate Professor of Anthropology and current Department Chair, Northern Arizona University; Chapter Author (w/R.H. Towner), ‘Navajo Archaeology’ Oxford Handbook of Southwestern Archaeology; (w/O. V. Marek-Martinez), ‘Engaging Archaeology as Social Justice for Navajo Communities’ in From the Trowel to the Trenches: Archaeology as Social Activism’, (C.P. Barton, ed.);  Political/social ideals that shape her career include: social justice, inclusion & equity for Indigenous and other marginalized people. Her research and teaching focus on facets of Indigenous perspectives in archaeology and anthropology.