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  • SHARE(ing) the Benefits of ...
    Atalay, Sonya

    American anthropologist, 03/2012, Volume: 114, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Conflicts between scholars and indigenous people over how research is conducted, its goals, and who benefits are well documented in both scholarly literature and popular media. At the same time, there are exemplary models of scholars working in partnership with indigenous communities on anthropological projects addressing community-identified needs and providing benefits to both local and scholarly communities. The work that the organization Strengthening Haudenosaunee-American Relations through Education (SHARE) has done in partnership with the Cayuga of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy is one of the best examples involving archaeology of which I have read. SHARE is a nonprofit organization whose membership includes both Native and non-Native people, most of whom live in the upstate New York area. The organization was established to address ethnic tensions and anti-Indian sentiments that came about as the result of the Cayuga's efforts to reclaim their land in the Finger Lake region of New York through Federal District Court. Adapted from the source document.