Paulette Steeves

Paulette F. C. Steeves
Born	Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Nationality	Cree, Métis, Canadian
Alma mater	Binghamton University
Occupation(s)	Academic, Author
Employer	Algoma University
Awards	Canada Research Chair
Website	The Indigenous Paleolithic Database of the Americas

Paulette F. C. Steeves is the Canada Research Chair in Healing and Reconciliation at Algoma University.

Education and career

Steeves is Cree-Métis and was born in Whitehorse, Yukon. ^[1] She spent her formative years in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. ^[2] Steeves holds an BA in Anthropology degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She holds a Master in Anthropology from the State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY), Her masters thesis was titled "Archaeology, CRM, Academia, and Ethics, and, Akimel O'odham, Type 2 Diabetes: Links to Traditional Food Loss." ^[3]

In 2008 she was awarded the Clifford D. Clark fellowship to attend graduate studies and earned her PhD in 2015 from Binghamton. ^{[4] [5]} Steeves dissertation "Decolonising Indigenous Histories: Pleistocene Archeology Sites of the Western hemisphere" was the first thesis using Indigenous method and theory in Anthropology within the United States. ^[1] Throughout her graduate studies Steeves taught at Fort Peck Community College and Selkirk College. ^[1]

Following completion of her PhD, Steeves was hired as the interim director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Native American Studies Program. ^[6] She then taught at Mount Allison University as an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology program. ^[7]

In 2019 Steeves was hired by Algoma University and appointed as a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Healing and Reconciliation. ^[3]

She is a member of the Editorial Board for American Antiquity . ^[8]

Research

Steeves' research focuses on the Pleistocene history of the Americas. ^[5] Her research argues that artifacts and sacred sites show that Indigenous people were in North America more than 130,000 years ago. ^[9] Her research decolonizes historical narratives about Indigenous people and settlement of the Americas. ^[10] Steeves' first book, The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere was published by the University of Nebraska Press in July 2021. ^[11]

Awards

• Tier II Canada Research Chair, 2019. ^[12]
• UMASS Amherst SBS Research Grant, 2016.
• SUNY Binghamton GSEU Professional Development Award, 2013. ^[13]
• American Archaeology Association, Archaeology Division, Student Travel Grant, 2012. ^[14]
• Society for American Archaeology, Arthur C. Parker Scholarship, 2010 ^[15]
• Clifford D. Clark Fellowship, 2015. ^[4]

Publications

• Steeves, P. (2025). Reclaiming Deep Human Histories of the Western Hemisphere: Archaeologists Who Braved Prejudice to Reveal the Evidence. Roman Littlefield Publishers.
• Steeves, Paulette. (2024). Pyroepistomology: Re-Claiming and Reciprocity. In Indigenous Voices: Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. S. Hatfield ed. Oregon State University Press.​
• Steeves, P. (2024). Round Dancing and Counting Coup in Academic Circles with Vine Deloria, Jr. In David, Wilkins (Ed) A Tribute to Vine Deloria,. The University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NB.
• Steeves, P. (2024). My Indian Name is Pyroepistomology: Fire is a Cleansing Path. In George Nicholas & Joe Watkins (Eds), Being and Becoming an Indigenous Archaeologist 2ND Edition, Indigenous Archaeologies Series, Routledge.
• Steeves, P. (2023). Listening to the Land: Honoring Ancestors. In Kahente Horn-Miller & Margaret Kress (Eds), Teaching and Learning through Place, People and Practices: A Global Intersection of Righting Relations in Indigenous Land-Based Education. Canadian Scholars’/Women’s Press.
• Steeves, Paulette. (2022). We Have Always Been Here; Reclaiming and Rewriting Indigenous Histories of Turtle Island. In, Being Legendary: Kent Monkman at the Royal Ontario Museum. Art Institute Canada, Massey College.
• Steeves, P (2021). Singing to Ancestors Respecting and Re-telling Stories Woven Through Ancient Ancestral Lands. In A. McGrath & Russell, (Eds). Companion to Indigenous Global History. Routledge.
• Steeves, P. (2021). The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere . University of Nebraska Press.
• Steeves, P. (2020). Our Earliest Ancestors: Human and Non-Human Primates of North America. In Martin Porr & Jacqueline Matthews (Eds.), Interrogating Human Origins. Decolonization and the Deep Past. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Steeves, P. (2020). Mesa Verde Geography and Culture. ''Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology' 2nd edition. (Ed.), Claire Smith. Springer New York.
• Steeves, P. (2020). Clovis and Folsom, Indigenous occupation prior to. ''Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology' 2nd edition. (Ed.), Claire Smith. Springer New York.
• Steeves, P. F. (2019). Our Earliest Ancestors. Interrogating Human Origins: Decolonisation and the Deep Human Past.
• Steeves, P. F. (2018). La Sena. Journal: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 1-10.
• Steeves, P. (2017). Unpacking Neoliberal Archaeological Control of Ancient Indigenous Heritage. Archaeologies, 13(1), 48–65.
• Steeves, Paulette. F (2016). Unpacking Neo-liberal Archaeological control of Ancient Indigenous Heritage. Critical Heritage Conference, Session Heritage and the Late Modern State. Archaeologies, Journal of the World Archaeological Congress. Special Edition.
• Steeves, P. F. (2015). Decolonizing Indigenous histories, Pleistocene archaeology sites of the Western Hemisphere. State University of New York at Binghamton.
• Steeves, P. (2015). Academia, Archaeology, CRM, and Tribal Historic Preservation. Archaeologies, 11(1), 121–141.

References

1. Denise Ryan (2016-07-03). "'Just watch me': Challenging the 'origin story' of Native Americans". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
2. FRASER, WENDY. "Paulette Steeves makes front page of the Vancouver Sun". Bridge River Lillooet News. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
3. "History Professor at Algoma University Awarded $500,000 in Funding | SaultOnline.com". Sault Online. June 29, 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
4. "Paulette Steeves | Speakers | ACHS 2016 - What does heritage change?". sites.grenadine.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
5. "Algoma University history professor named Canada Research Chair". SooToday.com. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
6. Taylor, Marla (2017-03-07). "Dr. Paulette Steeves is 'decolonizing the past and present of the Western hemisphere'". The Peabody. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
7. "Mount Allison University | Anthropology students present Indigenous Map Exhibition". www.mta.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
8. "Editorial board".
9. Sterritt, Angela (January 9, 2018). "B.C. Indigenous people react to the resurfacing of two migration theories". CBC News. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
10. "Researcher catalogs hundreds of archaeological sites - Pipe Dream". www.bupipedream.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
11. "The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere". Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
12. Maggie Kirk (2019-06-28). "Special mission on track with new Canada Research Chair". Sault Star. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
13. "Researchers and Research in the Field". the American paleolithic. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
14. "Awards – AAA Archaeology Division". ad.americananthro.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
15. "PROGRAM OF THE 84TH ANNUAL MEETING of the Society for American Archaeology" (PDF). Society for American Archaeology. 2019.

External links

• Traditional Knowledge & Reconciliation - Dr. Paulette Steeves presents at the Universities Canada 5th Annual Building Reconciliation Forum, December 12, 2019
• New fossil discoveries and Indigenous origins Dr. Steeves on Native America Calling, October 4, 2021