Doctoral Dissertation Research: Uncovering Native-Lived Colonialism in Old Harbor, Alaska

博士论文研究：揭示阿拉斯加旧港的原住民殖民主义

• 批准号: 2051935
• 负责人: Ben Fitzhugh
• 金额: $ 5.53万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-01 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051935&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Uncovering; Native

This dissertation research examines how the Indigenous Sugpiaq (i.e., Alutiiq) people of the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska, experienced contact with Russian colonists and fur traders from the 1780s to 1860s. Colonialism brought unprecedented challenges to Sugpiaq communities, including violence, epidemic disease, forced labor, resettlement and religious conversion. This project brings together data from archaeological excavation and analysis of two colonial-period Sugpiaq village sites with oral history and archival records to produce a fuller picture of Sugpiaq life during the Russian colonial period. The project involves collaboration with the modern Sugpiaq community in Old Harbor to co-produce knowledge about the past, providing archaeological field and laboratory training for graduate students and Old Harbor youth through an internship program, an archaeology camp, and curriculum development with the Old Harbor school. These initiatives will increase the participation of Alaska Native students in archaeology and enhance the Old Harbor community’s capacity to document and care for their cultural heritage. The work will advance archaeological knowledge of Alaska Native lives during the colonial period and explore the potential of community-based practices in anthropological research.This project employs archival, archaeological, and ethnographic methods to reconstruct nineteenth-century Sugpiaq lifeways. Archival research focuses on Russian American Company documents, which provide data on trade and demography. Limited excavation at two sites—Ing’yug and Nuniaq—will focus on middens and houses, building upon previous research by the PI team. Site components will be dated using historic beads and ceramics; artifacts, flora, and fauna will be analyzed to reconstruct household activities and social organization. Finally, semi-structured ethnographic interviews with Old Harbor Elders will provide information on long-term use of the landscape, including subsistence practices.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项论文研究考试是阿拉斯加科迪亚克群岛的土著sugpiaq（即Alutiiq）人如何与1780年代至1860年代的俄罗斯殖民者和毛皮交易进行了接触。殖民主义给Sugpiaq社区带来了前所未有的挑战，包括暴力，流行病，强迫劳动，重新安置和宗教conversion依。该项目汇集了考古发掘的数据，并分析了两个具有口述历史和档案记录的殖民时期sugpiaq村庄，以产生俄罗斯殖民时期Sugpiaq Life的更全面图片。该项目涉及与旧港口的现代Sugpiaq社区合作，以通过实习计划，考古营和旧港学校的课程开发为研究生和老港青年提供有关过去的考古领域和实验室培训。这些举措将增加阿拉斯加土著学生参与考古学，并增强旧港社区记录和照顾其文化遗产的能力。这项工作将在殖民时期促进阿拉斯加原生的档案知识，并探讨人类学研究中基于社区的实践的潜力。本项目采用考古学，考古学和人种学方法来重建19世纪的19世纪Sugpiaq Lifeways。档案研究的重点是俄罗斯美国公司文件，该文件提供了有关贸易和删除术的数据。在两个站点（ing’yug and Nuniaq）在两个地点进行了有限的发掘，将重点关注中部和房屋，这是PI团队先前研究的基础。现场组件将使用历史珠子和陶瓷约会；将分析文物，动植物，以重建家庭活动和社会组织。最后，与旧港口长老的半结构化民族志访谈将提供有关景观长期使用的信息，包括生存实践。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的评估标准来通过评估来获得的支持。