Decolonizing the Borderland: Wichita Frontier Strategies

Perkins, Stephen M.; Drass, Richard R.; Vehik, Susan C.

doi:10.1353/gpq.2016.0049

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“…Our understanding of Great Bend aspect communities and the organization of their settlements is greatly enhanced through the documentary records of Spanish conquistadors and explorers, which, although deriving from a brutal colonial legacy, are nonetheless a key historical resource (Perkins et al 2016). The first probable European encounter with ancestral Wichita communities was during Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's expedition of 1541 (Flint and Flint 2005).…”

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“…Official reports of the expedition called the inhabitants of the Great Settlement “Rayados,” referring to their prominent tattoos, which extended from their eyes to their ears. There has been ongoing discussion about the veracity of the various historical accounts that constitute the records of the Oñate expedition, as well as the identity of the tribes they encountered, their relationships to later Wichita communities, and how these groups might map onto the archaeological assemblages from the region (Perkins et al 2016).…”

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A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas

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This article presents results of a multi-sensor drone survey at an ancestral Wichita archaeological site in southeastern Kansas, originally recorded in the 1930s and believed by some scholars to be the location of historical “Etzanoa,” a major settlement reportedly encountered by Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate in 1601. We used high-resolution, drone-acquired thermal and multispectral (color and near-infrared) imagery, alongside publicly available lidar data and satellite imagery, to prospect for archaeological features across a relatively undisturbed 18 ha area of the site. Results reveal a feature that is best interpreted as the remains of a large, circular earthwork, similar to so-called council circles documented at five other contemporary sites of the Great Bend aspect cultural assemblage. We also located several features that may be remains of house basins, the size and configuration of which conform with historical evidence. These findings point to major investment in the construction of large-scale ritual, elite, or defensive structures, lending support to the interpretation of the cluster of Great Bend aspect sites in the lower Walnut River as a single, sprawling population center, as well as demonstrating the potential for thermal and multispectral surveys to reveal archaeological landscape features in the Great Plains and beyond.

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A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas

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“…Despite the importance of these places to the Wichita, archaeological investigations of the Allotment period are exceptionally rare in Oklahoma. Indeed, although the Wichita themselves certainly recognize their long history of occupation and hegemony in the southern Plains, most academic and compliance research on Wichita archaeology has centered on pre-Allotment history (e.g., Drass, Perkins, and Vehik 2018;Drass, Vehik, et al 2018;Perkins et al 2016;Trabert 2019;Vehik et al 2010). "It seems like we know more about a long time ago than we do about 100 years ago," explains McAdams (personal communication 2019).…”

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Anchoring Sovereignty in Space: Documenting Places of Wichita Community Building in the Twentieth Century

Bethke,

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McAdams

2024

Am. Antiq.

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The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes have a long history of occupation in what is now known as Oklahoma. This includes evidence of habitations along Camp Creek and Sugar Creek near Anadarko in Caddo County. Here Wichita peoples camped, built grass houses and arbors, and held social gatherings leading up to and following the passing of the General Allotment Act in 1887. After allotment, communal camp and dance grounds were especially important focal points for community building. These places, such as the ichaskhah camp and dance ground discussed in this article, are critical to understanding the multigenerational connections between ancestral and living Wichita peoples. This history is also important to the community today. However, archaeological research of the Allotment period is exceptionally rare in this region. By using collaborative and Indigenous archaeological methodologies, this work documents the complexities of these places, challenging traditional assumptions of allotment-era cultural loss and assimilation.

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Partners and Power: Understanding Ancestral Wichita and French Trade at the Deer Creek Site

Trabert

2018

Int J Histor Archaeol

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Decolonizing the Borderland: Wichita Frontier Strategies

Cited by 4 publications

References 61 publications

A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas

A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas

Anchoring Sovereignty in Space: Documenting Places of Wichita Community Building in the Twentieth Century

Partners and Power: Understanding Ancestral Wichita and French Trade at the Deer Creek Site

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