Colonialism, Community, and Heritage in Native New England

“A compelling and timely challenge to archaeologists and all heritage professionals whose work articulates with Native community partners. Analyzing the narratives of four contemporary heritage sites in New England, Hart critically identifies deeply entrenched structures of whiteness, state power, and racism that continue to hinder Native sovereignty.”—Katherine Howlett Hayes, coeditor of Rethinking Colonialism: Comparative Archaeological Approaches

“Refreshingly candid. Hart’s innovative and masterful consideration of Aquinnah, Pocumtuck, Mashantucket, and Plimoth heritage landscapes reveals the extent to which collaborative approaches can challenge public perceptions of Native American persistence in New England today.”—Mary Ann Levine, coeditor of Archaeology and Community Service Learning

“A substantive, fine-grained study with importance for wider dialogues about collaborative indigenizing and decolonizing projects.”—NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

“Offers a toolset for archaeologists, anthropologists, and other heritage professionals to think critically about the ways histories are interpreted at heritage sites.”—Historical Archaeology

“Hart invites us to consider how the past is referenced in the present-day, and how colonialism has shaped contemporary relationships and has potentially undermining influences in the democratization of heritage. [An] exceedingly well-written and accessible exploration of heritage-scapes and heritage making.”—Museum Anthropology

“[Hart’s] call for further collaboration between scholars, museum and heritage-scape professionals, and Native Americans as individuals and communities is relevant, as is her close attention to the problem of representation and the continual influence and power that frustrates the ability of Native Americans to control their heritage stories and landscapes.”—Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History