This site was created and is maintained by Paulette Steeves, PhD. I am an Indigenous (Cree-Metis) Archaeologist and academic and my research is focused on Pleistocene archaeology sites of the Western Hemisphere. The past has power in the present and thus I also address colonization and decolonization in my research and writing. There is a human cost to erasure and denial of the Indigenous past, and thus also a much needed telling, a public testimony, an acknowledgement of such erasures, their human cost, and the place of new knowledge production on an ancient past in the contemporary lives of Indigneus people.
I am currently a lecturer at UMASS Amherst teaching in Anthropology and Archaeology. I have published in a number of journals my CV with list of article and upcoming presentations is below
Paulette Faith Steeves, PhD.
Department of Anthropology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
217 Machmer Hall
240 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA
USA 01003
Education
2010-2015 Ph.D. Anthropology/Archaeology
Decolonizing Indigenous Histories: Pleistocene Archaeology Sites of the Western Hemisphere. Binghamton University
2008-2010 Masters of Anthropology
Archaeology, CRM, Academia, and Ethics.
Akimel O'odham, Type 2 Diabetes: Links to Traditional Food Loss.
Minor: Certificate in Evolutionary Studies 2010 Binghamton University
1996-2000 Bachelors of Anthropology, Pre Med, Honors Cum Laude.
Mitochondrial DNA Tracking and Typing of America's Ancient Cultures,
Establishing mtDNA markers for the Quapaw Tribe: Supporting Traditional
Territory Recognition and Repatriation.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Academic Positions.
2015-Present University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA.
Indigenous Archaeology of North America.
2014-2015 Fort Peck Community College, MT.
Native American Studies.
2013-2014 Selkirk College Arts and Humanities, Castlegar, BC.
Anthropology Instructor.
2008-2013 Binghamton University Department of Anthropology, Binghamton, NY.
Graduate Teaching Assistant.
2012 Binghamton University: Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
adjunct faculty.
Teaching Experience.
2015- Present Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology.
Fall 2015
ANTH 102 Archaeology and Prehistory (Indigenous and Western)
ANTH 297 Anthropology of Religion
Spring 2016
ANTH 100 Human Nature
ANTH 397A Indigenous Oral Tradition and Archaeology
ANTH 397B Forbidden Archaeology
2014-2015 Native American Studies, Fort Peck Community College.
NASX 105 Introduction to Native American Studies
NASX 117 History and Culture of the Fort Peck Reservation
NASX 130 American Indians in Montana
NASX 216 American Indian Oral Traditions
NASX 249 US Indian History
NASX 276 Federal Indian Law and Policy
NASX 230 American Indian Education
NASX 240 American Indian Literature
NASX 216 American Indian Oral Traditions, Myths and Legends
2013-2014 Anthropology, Selkirk College.
ANTH 100: Introduction to Anthropology-Distance Ed
ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 205: Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 110: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 210: Introduction to Archaeology: Western and Indigenous Archaeology
ANTH 210: Introduction to Archaeology: Western and Indigenous Archaeology-Distance Ed
ANTH 100: Introduction to Anthropology- Distance Ed
2012 Adjunct Faculty: LACAS, Binghamton.
LACAS 380: Indigenous History and Contemporary Populations of the Western Hemisphere.
2008-2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant Binghamton University Anthropology.
For these courses I attended bi-weekly lectures and organizational meetings; and was responsible for planning and teaching two weekly sections. I was also responsible for the grading of section assignments, presentations, and the grading of lecture class essays and exams.
2009: ANTH 125: Introduction to Archaeology
2010: ANTH 111: Introduction to Anthropology
2011: ANTH 114: Language Culture and Communication
2013: ANTH 125: Introduction to Archaeology
Courses Designed:
ANTH 210: Introduction to Western and Indigenous Archaeology
ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 205: Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 110: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 102 Archaeology and Prehistory
ANTH 100 Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 397 Indigenous Oral Tradition and Archaeology
ANTH 397 Indigenous People of the Western Hemisphere
LACS 380: Indigenous History and Contemporary Populations of the Western Hemisphere
NASX 249 US Indian History
NASX 276 Federal Indian Law and Policy
NASX 230 American Indian Education
NASX 130 American Indians in Montana
NASX 216 American Indian Oral Traditions
Grants and Awards:
2016 UMASS Amherst SBS Research Grant 1,000.00
2016 Social Science and Humanities Lecturer Mentoring Grant, group mentoring member. UMASS Amherst.
2015 Institute for Teaching Excellence & Faculty Development University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Flex Grant 500.00
2013 Selkirk College Teaching and learning Innovation and Applied Research:
2, 500, 00. This Applied Teaching and Learning project creates a working
model for the indigenization of course curriculum. Thus creating a path
towards Selkirk College’s goals of indigenizing the Institution and
course curriculum.
2013 SUNY Binghamton GSEU Professional Development Award. 1,000.00
2012 American Archaeology Association (AAA), Archaeology Division. Student Diversity Travel Grant. 600.00
2011 Denver Museum of Nature and Science Native American Archaeology
Internship. 5,000.00
2010 Denver Museum of Nature and Science Native American Archaeology
Internship. 5,000.00
2010 Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Arthur C. Parker Scholarship
For Native American Archaeology Training. 4,000.00
2008 Clifford D. Clark, full five year fellowship. 250,000.00 Binghamton University Graduate School.
1999 Plains Anthropologist, Native American Student Award. 1,000.00
1999 University of Arkansas, Student Support Services, Trio Achiever Award.
1999 University of Arkansas SILO SURF Independent Undergraduate
Honors Research Award. 3,000.00
1998 Robert L Stigler Jr. Scholarship and Certificate of Achievement Award.
University of Arkansas, Department of Anthropology. 1,000.00
1997 Anderson Scholarship, University of Arkansas, Honors Department.1, 000.00
1997 Lois M Fry Memorial Scholarship Award, Established in 1997 to honor
a single parent who most demonstrates outstanding academic excellence
and interest in scientific inquiry, and a desire to serve the public through
volunteering.
1996-1998 University of Arkansas, Office of Non-Traditional Students
Award for Academic Excellence.
1996-1999 Single Parent Scholarship of North West Arkansas, 8 consecutive awards.
Total 2,600.00
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Articles
Steeves, Paulette. (2015). Decolonizing the Pleistocene of the Western Hemisphere (The Americas). Archaeologies 11 (1) Journal of the World Archaeological Congress.
Steeves, Paulette, (2015). Academia, Archaeology, CRM, and Tribal Historic Preservation. Archaeologies 11 (1) Journal of the World Archaeological Congress.
James Del Duca; Brandy Ann Sato; Jessica C Venable; Paulette F Steeves. In Conversation with Dr. Joseph Gone. He Manawa Whenua Indigenous Research Conference, Conference Proceedings. Hamilton, New Zealand, 2015.
Encyclopedia and Reference Articles
Steeves, Paulette. (2014). Biography: Vine Deloria Jr.
(Biography entry 00411). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Publications International.
Steeves, Paulette. (2014). Mesa Verde Geography and Culture.
(Minor entry 01658). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Publications International.
Steeves, Paulette. (2014). Clovis and Pre Folsom, Indigenous Occupation
prior to (minor entry 01847). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Publications International.
Technical Reports:
Steeves, Paulette. Smith, Rhonda L., Yakubik, Jill-Karen. (2007).Intensive Cultural Resource Survey LA I- I 10 Connector, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. State Project NO 700-61-0113, Federal Aid Project NO. CIB 6103 (501). Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office.
Dissertation / Thesis:
Steeves, Paulette Faith. "Decolonizing Indigenous Histories, Pleistocene Archaeology Sites of the Western Hemisphere." Order No. 3713642 State University of New York at Binghamton, 2015. Ann Arbor: ProQuest. Web. 14 Sep. 2015.
Steeves, Paulette Faith “Mitochondrial DNA Tracking and Typing of America's Ancient Cultures, Establishing mtDNA Markers for the Quapaw Tribe.: University of Arkansas, Honors Department 2000. Fayetteville Arkansas.
Book Reviews:
Steeves, Paulette. (2014). Book Review: We are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements. By Lynn Stephen. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2013. In North American Dialogue, Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of North America, (17) 2.
Non Peer Reviewed Articles:
Steeves, Paulette. (2014). Clovis Is Bogus: Archeologists Blocked Truth about Native Settlement. Indian Country Today Media network.com.
Publications in review and upcoming:
Steeves, Paulette. F (2016) Sustaining a meaningful archaeology: Through ceremonies of research. Shallow Pasts Endless Horizons: Archaeology and Sustainability. 48th annual Chacmool Archaeology Conference, University of Alberta, Calgary, AB. (Under Consideration)
Steeves, Paulette. F. (2016). Communality and Student Engaged Research in Building Tools for Education and Healing: 457 Years of Cultural Genocide in Indian Residential, Boarding, and Day Schools. Engaging Indigenous Communities. Winona Wheeler and Robert Alexander Innes. Spring 2016. (Under Consideration)
Steeves, Paulette. F (2016). Unpacking Neo-liberal Archaeological control of Ancient Indigenous Heritage. Critical Heritage Conference, Session Heritage and the Late Modern State. Archaeologies, Journal of the World Archaeological Congress. Special Edition. (Upcoming)
Steeves, Paulette. F (2016). Indigenous Pyro-epistemology: Flames of the Eighth Fire. Indigenous Environments: Contested, Negotiated, Sustained. The Native Studies Research Network, UK. SUNY Press 2017. (Upcoming)
Steeves, Paulette. F (2016). Indigenous Methodologies in Archaeology. Global Encyclopedia of Archaeology 2nd edition. (Ed.), Claire Smith. Springer Publications International. (Upcoming)
Steeves, Paulette. F (2016). The La Sena Site (18,440 ± 90 14 C yr BP): A Pre-Clovis site in South West Nebraska. Global Encyclopedia of Archaeology 2nd edition. (Ed.), Claire Smith. Springer Publications International. (Upcoming)
Papers Presented:
2016 Organization of American Historians Conference Providence, RI
Honoring Ancestors: Indigenous Leaders and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).
2015 The 48th Annual Chacmool Conference. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.; Shallow Pasts, Endless Horizons: Sustainability & Archaeology. Sustaining a Meaningful Archaeology: Through Ceremonies of Research.
2015 16th Annual American Indian Studies Association Conference
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Feb 2015
“Sustainability of Traditional Language, Culture and Knowledge”
Since Time Immemorial: Oral Traditions of the Ancient Past.
2014 21st Annual Tribal Education Conference. “The Year of the Child;
Tribilizing Education”. Poplar Montana. Oct 2014
Indigenizing Curriculum.
2013 Society for American Archaeology: 78 Th Annual Meeting:
Symposium: Shifting Archaeological Borders and Boundaries:
Decolonizing History and Academia.
Rebuilding Bridges to the Indigenous Past.
Session organizer and chair
2012 Columbia University: Indigenous Spaces:
Pushing the Boundaries of History, Bodies, Geographies,
and Politics. Decolonizing Indigenous Histories.
2012 American Anthropology Society: 111Th Annual Meeting:
Borders and Crossings. Indigenous Spaces:
Pushing the Borders and Boundaries of Histories,
Bodies, Geography and Politics.
Turning the earth of a Colonial Terra Nullius:
Decolonizing Indigenous Histories.
Session organizer and co-chair
2012 Binghamton University, English Department: American Studies: Shifting Tides Anxious Borders:
Turning the earth of a Colonial Terra Nullius: Decolonizing Indigenous Histories.
2012 Binghamton University, PIC: Philosophy Interpretation and Culture
Graduate Student Conference.
Decolonizing Indigenous Histories in Knowledge Production.
2012 SUNY Buffalo: Indigenous Story Tellers and Native American. Studies Conference. Reclaiming Deep History, a Telling of Truths
Legitimizing the Indigenous Past and Informing Worldviews.
2012 Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Sacramento CA.
Session in Honor of Professor Al Dekin.
Pebbles in A Pond; American Anthropology Needs A Landslide.
2012 Binghamton University, Indigenous Student Association:
When Did Humans Arrive In The Americas?
New Perspectives from the Great Plains.
Dr. Steve Holen. Ph.D. Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Paulette Steeves. MA. Western Hemisphere Indigenous
Peoples Pleistocene Data Base. Event organizer and chair.
Presentation Organizer
2012 Binghamton University Native American Student Association:
Enlightenment on Columbus Day Conference 2010.
Binghamton New York.
Concealing historical truths is a crime against all people:
Who was Columbus and What Did He Do?
Conference organizer and chair
2010 Binghamton University, RATS Symposium
Anarchist by Default: Red Anthropologists in a White Academia.
2008 Binghamton University, Binghamton Anthropology Student
Organization, Ethics Conference. A Pebble in the Pond.
Upcoming Presentations
2016 Indigenous Environments: Contested, Negotiated, Sustained July 6-8, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The Native Studies Research Network, UK,
Paulette F Steeves, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Indigenous Pyro-epistemology: Flames of the Eighth Fire
201 World Archaeological Congress 8, Kyoto, Japan
Session Co- Organizers, Paulette F Steeves, UMASS Amherst, Jasmine Willika, Flinders University
Session: Education for Minority Groups
Paulette F Steeves: Pyroepistomology: Weaving Indigenous Knowledge throughout the Academy.
2016 Association of Critical Heritage Studies Third Biennial Conference Montreal, Canada. Session: Heritage and the Late Modern State
Paulette F Steeves: Unpacking Neo-liberal Archaeological control of Ancient Indigenous Heritage.
Institutional, Professional, and Academic Service:
2016 Organize and Co-Host SORR Sing our River Red Exhibit for MMIW Amherst College
2016 UMASS Amherst, Department of Anthropology, Curriculum Committee
2016 Founded; Indigenous student and Faculty Mentoring Group, UMASS Amherst
2015 Organize hosting of event at FPCC, and collection of materials for, Rivers Run.
Red. Memorial for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada.
2014-2014 Fort Peck Community College 3 yr Cultural Accreditation group.
2014-2015 Fort Peck Tribes, IRB Board Member.
2014-2015 Fort Peck Community College. Advisor, Blue Stone Indian Club.
2013 Selkirk College: Traditional Plants and Foods Walk/ Study, extracurricular activity for Arts and Humanities Day.
2013-2014 Selkirk College: Indigenization Community of Practice & Interest contributing member.
2011-2013 SAA, Society for American Archaeology, Committee on Curriculum Board Member.
2009-2011 N.A.S.A. Native American Student Association - I.S.A Indigenous Student Association, Founder, President. GSO and MCSA representative.
2009 Binghamton University Graduate Student Association, Faculty Liaison.
2009 AGO-GSO, Anthropology Graduate Organization, Senator.
2008 Binghamton University: Anthropology Department: Co-chair with Dr. N. Versaggi, Anthropology Representations Document Committee.
2008 Binghamton University Graduate Student Organization: Budget Committee Member.
Professional Experience:
2010-2011 Denver Museum of Nature and Science Native American Archaeology Internship.
This internship included 10 weeks (each summer 2010/2011) of paleontology and archaeology field work at sites in the Great Plains of the USA. During this internship I worked with Dr. Steve. Holen, the head archaeology curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, as a member of the, Early Humans in the Americas Project. This field work included surveying known Pleistocene faunal fossil site areas, and collecting paleontological fossil materials at future research site areas.
2003-2008 Cultural Resource Management, Archaeologist.
This experience included mid-level management as a field director and crew chief, and the opportunity to be involved in report writing, and literature research. I carried out archaeological survey and excavations in many areas of the USA including: Nevada, Utah, Idaho, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New York State, North Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, and New Brunswick, Canada.
2000-2003 University of Miami Medical School Ortho Rehab, Tissue Bank, Miami, Florida, Clinical Research Technician.
This position included three years of hands on experience in human osteology, and procurement and preparation of human bone for transplant. The responsibilities and training included assisting the Miami Coroner as an autopsy technician as well as training and certification in sterile processing. In this position I was also a research manager and clinical lab manager for the human cell growth research lab. This research included testing of products and materials for growth and preservation of human cells. I also designed and carried out the research to establish successful viable protocols for the effective cryopreservation and long term storage of human cells and transplant materials.
1998-2000 Quapaw NAGPRA Program, Fayetteville, Arkansas Native America Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Internship.
My responsibilities in this position included literature research, osteological collection reviews, and monitoring NAGPRA notice of claim filings. I also coordinated a project for molecular (genetics) research and DNA typing of Quapaw samples at the request of the Quapaw NAGPRA coordinator. This internship allowed me the opportunity to be a part of creating positive
cross cultural communications and consultations between Native American communities, academic institutions, cultural resource professionals and other governmental departments.
1997-1999 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Biological Archaeology Lab Assistant: .Bibliographic data entry, University of Arkansas Department of Anthropology, Fayetteville Arkansas, Director, Dr. Jerome Rose. Responsibilities included receiving and recording and filing research materials for the Middle East Program, Jordan Summer Field School, bibliographical data entry using, Pro Cite Software.
Professional Organizations:
American Indigenous Research Association AIRA
Society for America Archaeology SAA
American Anthropology Association AAA
World Archaeological Congress WAC
Canadian Archaeology Association CAA
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
Questions and or information regarding presentations and lectures may be directed to;
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