ABSTRACT
Introduction The relationship between history and anthropology is both productive and fraught. Prior to the emergence of Indigenous Studies as a multidisciplinary enterprise, history and anthropology were intertwined in a number of forms, including cultural, social, and oral history; historical anthropology and archaeology; subaltern and colonial studies; and ethnohistory. The last field is most significant for Indigenous Studies: ethnohistory has focused squarely on the experiences of Indigenous peoples (if often through colonial lenses) and there is a direct line of scholarship connecting ethnohistory to Indigenous Studies. While it is tempting to propose that Indigenous Studies may become a “successor discipline” to ethnohistory (Haraway 1988), both of these multidisciplinary formations are currently thriving, with a significant number of scholars actively participating in both.
