ABSTRACT
In a country where the practice of archaeology continues to privilege a colonial tradition in post-colonial India, the present contribution is directed towards a more inclusive archaeology involving indigenous communities for a more collaborative, and community-oriented approach in archaeological research. Such research includes a host of decolonizing perspectives such as repatriation of indigenous people's remains, cultural patrimony, centrality of indigenous knowledge systems, and community-based participatory research involving local people as research partners in the study of their heritage. This wider relevance of indigenous archaeology to the Northeast region is best demonstrated from three community archaeology case research undertaken on Naga ancestral sites from the state of Nagaland.
