معرفی
Ora Marek-Martinez serves as Associate Vice President for Native American Initiatives and Professor of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University. Her dual role bridges academic scholarship with institutional leadership in advancing Indigenous perspectives within higher education and archaeological practice.
Her research centers on decolonizing archaeology through:
- Indigenous-led Cultural Resource Management
- Historic Preservation integrated with tribal sovereignty
- Archaeological ethics grounded in Native epistemologies
- Community-centered knowledge transmission
- Reconciliation of Western science with ancestral practices
Recent publications (2016-2024) reveal an evolving focus from legal/cultural boundary disputes (e.g., Kennewick Man case) toward holistic frameworks for Indigenous archaeological practice. Her 2023-2024 works emphasize "good medicine" principles—prioritizing relational accountability, love as pedagogy, and Lakota/Chicanx methodologies to transform archaeological ethics and education.
With a Scopus h-index of 10, her scholarly impact manifests through interdisciplinary collaborations across anthropology, Indigenous studies, and heritage management, though specific grant details remain unreported in available sources.
