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Braided Storytelling as a Method in Archaeology: Reimagining the Sugpiaq Past Through Story.

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Titel: Braided Storytelling as a Method in Archaeology: Reimagining the Sugpiaq Past Through Story.
Autoren: Miller, Hollis K.1 (AUTHOR) hollis.miller@cortland.edu, Pestrikoff, Allison2,3,4 (AUTHOR), Swenson, Tamara3 (AUTHOR)
Quelle: American Anthropologist. Sep2025, Vol. 127 Issue 3, p581-593. 13p.
Schlagwörter: YUPIK, RESEARCH questions, STORYTELLING, ARCHIPELAGOES, FEMINISTS, HISTORICAL archaeology, ARCHAEOLOGY
Geografische Kategorien: ALASKA
Abstract (English): This article explores various storytelling methods in archaeology, as situated within a community‐based project in Old Harbor, Alaska, a Sugpiaq village in the Kodiak Archipelago. We draw from both Indigenous and feminist writings to argue that storytelling is necessary in order to make sense of empirical data. Different methods of storytelling have a place in the practice of archaeology, from the initial formation of a research question to the sharing of results with community members and heritage professionals. Within our community‐based work, it is crucial that we make our results and interpretations legible to the Old Harbor community. Here, we review existing information from historical accounts and archaeology to construct story models that generate predictions for new archaeological research into the Russian colonial period at the Ing'yuq Village site. We then braid these story models together with an imagined narrative about the Sugpiaq experience of initial Russian arrival in their homelands and artistic interpretations of the Ing'yuq site. Taken together, these different storytelling strategies create a more nuanced picture of Sugpiaq lifeways at Ing'yuq—a picture that includes the historical, emotional, and experiential context of relations to this specific place on the land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): RESUMEN: Este artículo explora varios métodos de la narración en la arqueología, como situados dentro de un proyecto basado en la comunidad en Old Harbor, Alaska, un pueblo Sugpiaq en el archipiélago de Kodiak. Nos basamos en escritos feministas e indígenas para argumentar que la narración es necesaria para encontrarle sentido a los datos empíricos. Diferentes métodos de la narración tienen un lugar en la práctica de la arqueología desde la formación inicial de una pregunta de investigación hasta el compartir los resultados con los miembros de la comunidad y los profesionales del patrimonio. Dentro de nuestro trabajo basado en la comunidad, es crucial que nosotros hagamos nuestros resultados e interpretaciones legibles a la comunidad de Old Harbor. Aquí, revisamos la información existente desde los relatos históricos y la arqueología para construir historia‐modelos que generen predicciones para la investigación arqueológica nueva en el período colonial ruso en el sitio del pueblo Ing'yuq. Luego entretejemos estos historia‐modelos con una narrativa imaginada acerca de la experiencia de los Sugpiaq con los arribos rusos iniciales en sus tierras nativas e interpretaciones artísticas del sitio Ing'yuq. Tomadas juntas estas diferentes estrategias narrativas crean una imagen más matizada de las formas de vida de los Sugpiaq en Ing'yuq –una imagen que incluye el contexto histórico, emocional y experiencial de las relaciones a este lugar específico de la tierra–. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This article explores various storytelling methods in archaeology, as situated within a community‐based project in Old Harbor, Alaska, a Sugpiaq village in the Kodiak Archipelago. We draw from both Indigenous and feminist writings to argue that storytelling is necessary in order to make sense of empirical data. Different methods of storytelling have a place in the practice of archaeology, from the initial formation of a research question to the sharing of results with community members and heritage professionals. Within our community‐based work, it is crucial that we make our results and interpretations legible to the Old Harbor community. Here, we review existing information from historical accounts and archaeology to construct story models that generate predictions for new archaeological research into the Russian colonial period at the Ing'yuq Village site. We then braid these story models together with an imagined narrative about the Sugpiaq experience of initial Russian arrival in their homelands and artistic interpretations of the Ing'yuq site. Taken together, these different storytelling strategies create a more nuanced picture of Sugpiaq lifeways at Ing'yuq—a picture that includes the historical, emotional, and experiential context of relations to this specific place on the land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00027294
DOI:10.1111/aman.28098