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Archaeology in Action

Collaboration to Reclaim Native American Ancestral Lands

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Native American tribes across the U.S. have historically been dispossessed of their traditional homelands lands through legal maneuvering, formal policy, and outright deceit. Working with the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe of California received some of their historic homelands back in 2021. Since then, the Tribe has collaborated with the Placer County Land Trust to return additional homelands to tribal ownership. Dr. Brian Daniels of the PennCHC is joined by Clyde Prout III and Pamela Cubbler of the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe to discuss how this collaboration came to be, and how Native American tribes and university museums can work together to realize tribal goals.

Co-Sponsored by the Penn Cultural Heritage Center.

About the Speakers

Brian I. Daniels Ph.D.

Brian I. Daniels Ph.D.

Brian I. Daniels Ph.D., is the Director of Research and Programs at the Penn Cultural Heritage Center.

Group photo including Clyde Prout III and Pamela Cubbler.

Clyde Prout III and Pamela Cubbler

Clyde Prout III (left) is Chair of the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe. Pamela Cubbler (4th from left) is Vice-Chair of the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe.

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