ABSTRACT
Yet, the failure to account for these political actions on the part of native Indian societies, groups or individuals impedes our understanding of historical processes in the 17th century. Without political histories, we are denying the politics of the past (Jennings 1986), but also we are dismissing issues about the past that concern Indian people today, including their struggles to preserve their traditional religious beliefs and the graves of their ancestors. A recent attempt to explore the archaeology of 17th-century native resistance is presented to illustrate how archaeology may help in writing the history of these struggles and challenges to colonial domination.
