ABRIDGED CURRICULUM VITAE (December 2006)
Joe Edward Watkins
Department
of Anthropology MSC 01 1040
(505) 277‑1608; (505) 277‑0874 fax
1
University of New Mexico
e-mail: jwatkins@unm.edu
Albuquerque,
NM 87131‑0001
Areas of Interest:
Aboriginal
Populations/Archaeologist Relations; Ethics in Archaeology; Archaeology of the Southern Plains; Archaeology in the Public
Interest; Study of Archaeology, Public Archaeology.
College and University
Training:
1973 University of Oklahoma, B.A. in Anthropology
1977 Southern Methodist University, M.A. in Anthropology, Archaeology specialization
1994 Southern Methodist University, Ph.D. in Anthropology, Archaeology specialization
Administrative
Experience:
2003‑January:
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1993‑July to
January 2003: Archeologist/Environmental Coordinator, Branch of Land
Operations, United
States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs‑‑Anadarko
Agency, Anadarko,
OK
1990: May‑July
1993: Archeologist II, Oklahoma Archeological Survey, University of Oklahoma, on contract to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Non-Collegiate
Training Courses Developed and Offered:
2006 – Co-Instructor,
“Communication and Archaeological Sensitivity Training”, for the Pima county Joint Courts Project, for Statistical
Research, Incorporated, Tucson, Arizona.
--- Workshop, “Principles of Tribal Consultation” for SRI Foundation for California Department
of Transportation, Sacramento and Riverside, California.
2005 -- “Working
with Tribes” section of for the National Highway Institute, Washington, DC.
--- Instructor, “Principles of Tribal Consultation”, for SRI Foundation for Texas Department
of Transportation, Austin, Texas
--- Instructor, “Principles of Tribal Consultation”, for SRI Foundation for Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation, Indiana and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2004 -- Instructor,
Introduction to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Jemez Pueblo, NM
2003 -- Instructor,
“Principles of Tribal Consultation”, for SRI Foundation in New Mexico and Arizona
2002 -- Instructor,
“Section 106 Cultural Resource Training: Consulting with Native Americans”, for Natural Resources Conservation
Services in Denver and Rapid City
1999-2001 -- Co‑Instructor,
“Consulting with Native American Groups”, Division of Continuing Education, University of Nevada‑Reno in
Reno, Phoenix, and Seattle
Selected Publications
(2005/2006 only):
2006 -- “Comment
on ‘A Happy Coincidence? Symbiosis and Synthesis in Anthropological and Indigenous Knowledges’ by Veronica Strang.”
Current Anthropology 47 (6): 999-1000.
--- “Review of A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversations with Native Americans on
Religious Freedom by Huston Smith.” Journal of Anthropological Research 62(3): 391-393.
--- “Review of The Americas That Might Have Been: Native American Social Systems through Time
by Julian Granberry. Journal of Anthropological Research.62(3):390-391.
--- “Foreword.” In Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Americans and Archaeology in the
Northeastern United States. Jordan Kerber, ed. University of Nebraska Press.
--- “Obituary. ‘He
forced us into the fray’: Vine Deloria, Jr (1933-2005)”. Antiquity 80 (2006): 1-2.
--- “Writing Unwritten History”. In Archaeological Ethics (Second Edition). K.D. Vitelli
and Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, eds, pp. 225-234. Originally published in Archaeology 53(6): 36‑41, Nov/Dec 2000.
--- “The Antiquities Act at 100 years: A Native American Perspective.” In The Antiquities
Act: A Century of American
Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Nature Conservation.
David Harmon, Francis P. McManamon, and Dwight T. Pitcaithley, eds., pp. 187-198. University of Arizona Press.
--- “Communicating Archaeology: Words
to the Wise”, Journal of Social Archaeology 6(1): 100-118.
2005 -- Sacred
Sites and Repatriation.Chelsea House Publishers. Philadelphia. 122 pages.
--- “Artifacts, Archaeologists and American Indians.” Public Archaeology 4: 187-191.
--- (with T.J. Ferguson) “Working with and Working for Indigenous Communities”. In Handbook
of Archaeological Methods, Herbert D.G. Maschner and Christopher Chippindale, eds., pp. 1371-1405. AltaMira Press, Walnut
Creek.
--- “Through Wary Eyes: Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology”. Annual Review of Anthropology
34: 429-449. October. --- (with the SRI Foundation) “National Cooperative
Highway Research Program Synthesis 347: Managing Archaeological Investigations, A Synthesis of Highway Practice”. Transportation
Research Board of the National Academies.
--- “We are always They and They always are We”. In Native American Voices on Identity, Art,
and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem. Edited by Lucy Fowler Williams, Robert Preucel, and William S. Wierzbowski.
University Museum Publications.
--- “Review of Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast, vol. 14. Raymond D. Fogelson,
volume ed., William C. Sturtevant, General editor.” Journal of Anthropological Research 61(2): 268-270.
--- “The Saga of the Ancient One (or The History of Kennewick as told in verse Limmerick)”.
In Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology: The Politics of Practice. Claire Smith and Martin Wobst, eds., pp. 131-133,
Routledge Press, London.
--- “The Politics of American Archaeology: Cultural Resources, Cultural Affiliation and Kennewick.”
In Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology: The Politics of Practice. Claire Smith and Martin Wobst, eds., pp. 189-203,
Routledge Press, London.
--- “Review of Our Collective Responsibility: The Ethics and Practice of Archaeological Collections
Stewardship, S. Terry Childs, ed.”, Journal of Anthropological Research 61(1): 121-123.
Papers
and Presentations (2005/2006 only):
Public presentations:
2006 -- “Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology: Issues and Answers” – Public Access TV Channel 27, Albuquerque
--- “Melding Science and Tradition” – Public Access TV Channel 27, Albuquerque
--- “Melding Science and Tradition”,
Chaco Canyon Night Sky Program, Chaco Canyon National Monument. July.
--- “Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology:
Issues and Answers”, Chaco Canyon Night Sky Program, Chaco Canyon National Monument. July.
--- “Between Hither and Thither: Trade Relations between the Pueblos and the Plains over Time”. Public presentation, Friends of Tijeras Pueblo. Tijeras Canyon Ranger District, Tijeras. March.
2005 -- “Wake
up, you idiots! Repatriation is not the only Indigenous Issue in Archaeology!”. Dinner presentation, World Archaeological
Congress’ Second Indigenous Inter-Congress “The Uses and Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”,
Auckland, New Zealand. November.
--- “Stripping the ‘Native’ from Native American?” Archaeological Research Facility
Fall Lecture. Archaeological Research Facility, University of California-Berkeley. October.
--- “Social Justice, Anthropology, and Indigenous Rights”. Department of Anthropology and Students
for Critical Anthropology, San Francisco State University. October.
--- “Indigenous Archaeology: Oxymoron or Opportunity”. Dialogues Across Indian Country Series,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. October.
--- “Stereotypically Speaking: How
Stereotypes Influence Research on American Indians”. 2005 Annual Oklahoma Tribal Historic Preservation
Conference. Durant, Oklahoma. September.
--- New Mexico Culture History and Indigenous Issues in Archaeology. For the SRI Foundation “Project
Archaeology” workshop. US Forest Service, Tijeras Canyon. September.
--- “Stereotypically Speaking: How
Stereotypes Influence Scholastic Research on American Indians”. Public lecture, Native Voices Lecture Series,
SouthwestSeminars. Santa Fe. September.
--- New Mexico Culture History and Indigenous Issues in Archaeology. For the SRI Foundation “Camino
Real” workshop. Camino Real International Heritage Center, Socorro. June.
--- “Sifting through Another's Past: Native American Perspectives on Archaeology and Archaeological
Research”. Public lecture, University of Nevada-Reno. February.
--- “Beyond the ‘Darkness’: Ethics, Anthropology, and Indigenous Populations”. Public
lecture, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada-Reno. February.
--- “The Foundation of Repatriation: ‘In the beginning …’”. Public lecture,
Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia. February.
Professional presentations
at meetings:
2006 --- Discussant,
Invited Presidential Session Critical Intersections Engendering Indigenous Knowledge: The Contributions and Enduring Significance
of Beatrice Medicine, 105th Annual Meeting
of the American Anthropological Association, San Jose, Ca. November.
--- “Parsing the Past: An American
Indian Perspective on the Antiquities Act.” Paper presented in the Invited Presidential Session The 1906 Antiquities
Act: A Century of Critical Intersections and Dangerous Issues, 105th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, San Jose, Ca. November.
--- Moderator and presenter, “Native
Americans and Archeologists Working Together” panel, 69th Pecos Conference, Navajo Lake, New Mexico. August.
2005 --- “Becoming
an Indigenous Archaeologist”, World Archaeological Congress’ Second Indigenous Inter-Congress “The Uses
and Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”, Auckland, New Zealand. November.
--- “Who is Indigenous?” Discussion paper, World Archaeological Congress’ Second
Indigenous Inter-Congress “The Uses and Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”, Auckland, New Zealand.
November.
--- “Archaeology:
the Scientific versus Traditional Views.” 2005 Annual Oklahoma Tribal Historic Preservation Conference. Durant, Oklahoma.
September.
--- “The Antiquities
Act at 100 years: Then, Now, and Tomorrow”, in the session Common Ground,
AAM and Antiquities Act—1906-2006 and Beyond. Annual meeting of the American Association of Museums, Indianapolis, IN. May.
--- “The Repatriation
Arena: Control, Conflict and Compromise”, in the SfAA/SAR Plenary session, The Opening of Archaeology: Repatriation
as a Force of Change in Contemporary Anthropology, Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM.
April.
Other professional
activities:
2006 -- Moderator, “Vision and Revision in the SAA Code of Ethics: Steps
Toward Indigenous Inclusion” Forum, 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan,
Puerto Rico. April.
--- Moderator, 3rd Annual Ethics
Bowl, 71st Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April.
2005 -- Co-organizer, World Archaeological Congress’ Second Indigenous Inter-Congress “The Uses and
Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”, Auckland, New Zealand. November.
--- Co-organizer
(with Sven Ouzman and Joram Useb), “Who is Indigenous?” session, World Archaeological Congress’ Second Indigenous
Inter-Congress “The Uses and Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”, Auckland, New Zealand. November.
--- Moderator, “Indigenous
Paths to Archaeology” session, World Archaeological Congress’ Second Indigenous Inter-Congress “The Uses
and Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”, Auckland, New Zealand. November.
--- Organizer and
Moderator, “Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Archaeology” session, World Archaeological Congress’ Second
Indigenous Inter-Congress “The Uses and Abuses of Archaeology for Indigenous Peoples”, Auckland, New Zealand.
November.
--- Moderator, 2005
Annual Oklahoma Tribal Historic Preservation Conference. Durant, Oklahoma. September.
--- Moderator, 2nd
Annual Ethics Bowl, 70th Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah. April.
--- Chaco Canyon
Exhibit Committee, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. April 2005.
National and International
Committees:
‑‑ Member, Indigenous Executive Committee, World Archaeological Congress (2003-2007)
-- Past Member, Board of Directors, Society for American Archaeology (2003‑2006)
‑‑ Member, Indigenous Advisory Committee, 5th World Archaeological Congress (2002-2003)
-- Member, Conference Financial Aid Committee, 5th World Archaeological Congress (2003)
-- Member, Program Committee, Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies (2003‑2005)
‑‑ Member, Nominations Committee, Plains Anthropological Society (2003)
‑‑ Chairman, Committee on Native American Issues, Register of Professional Archaeologists (1999‑present)
‑‑ Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (2001‑2004)
‑‑ Member, Committee on Ethics in Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology (1998‑2003)
‑‑ Member, Program Committee, 67th Annual meetings of the Society for American Archaeology,
Denver
‑‑ Member, Program Committee, 62nd Annual meetings of the Society for American Archaeology,
Nashville
‑‑ Past Chairman, Committee on Ethics (Archaeology seat) American Anthropological
Association (2000‑2002)
‑‑ Past Chairman, Native American Scholarships Committee, Society for American Archaeology (1997‑2000)
‑‑ Past Chairman, Committee on Native American Relations, Society for American Archaeology (1995‑1997)
‑‑ Chairman, Committee on Native American Issues, Society of Professional Archaeologists (1995‑1998)
‑‑ Advisor, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Native American Advisory Committee
‑‑ Past Board Member, Preservation Oklahoma, Inc.
Professional Societies:
‑‑ Member, Society for American Archaeology
‑‑ Member, American Anthropological Association, Archaeology Division
‑‑ Member, American Anthropological Association, National Association of Practicing Anthropologists
‑‑ Member, Plains Anthropological Society
‑‑ Member, Register of Professional Archaeologists
‑‑ Member, Society for Applied Anthropology
‑‑ Member, Keepers of the Treasures (Native Organization)
‑‑ Member, Council for the Preservation of the Anthropological Record
