Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality And 21st Century Archaeology

A special episode devoted to the Dakota Access Pipeline. The DAPL, Energy Transfer Partners 1,170 mile pipeline traversing parts of North and South Dakota, threatens water sources and culturally significant sites in and around the Standing Rock Reservation. Protests over the placement of the pipeline through tribal land is but the most recent episode in almost 200 years of strife between the Great Sioux Nation, or Oceti Sakonwin, and the US government regarding native sovereignty and rights. Dr. Schuldenrein, in conversation with archaeologist Dr. Thomas F. King, discusses archaeology's role in the DAPL and larger issues surrounding historic preservation's relationship to native groups and their cultural interests. Dr. King has over 50 years of experience in federal and CRM archaeology and his firm, Thomas F King, PhD, regularly consults with native and local communities. Join in as Drs. Schuldenrein and King assess archaeology in Native America.