ABSTRACT
The collaborative approaches articulated in the chapters of this book, and the models they offer for further and future scholarship, encourage Indigenous voices and viewpoints, and they encourage the empowerment of Indigenous people and peoples. Rather than focusing on cultural practices from a remote and a timeless Indigenous past (which was never timeless anyway), engagements with Indigenous heritage like those outlined start in the present and look back into the past from there. It is worth noting the threats posed by military testing on Guam and elsewhere in the Pacific, both in the present and in the recent past, to the environment, to archaeological sites and heritage landscapes within military bases and blast zones, and to communities of people living nearby. The multidisciplinary assemblage of contributing authors offers some valuable examples of methods of investigation, analysis, interpretation, and community engagement.
