Indigenous Research and Archaeology: Transformative Practices in/with/for the Ngarrindjeri Community Christopher L. Wilson, Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, P.O. Box 2100, Room 356, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia E-mail: christopher.wilson@flinders.edu.au ABSTRACT ________________________________________________________________ The relationships between Indigenous peoples and archaeologists in Australia have consisted of conflict, consultation and collaboration. The literature looks at very little the roles and challenges met by Indigenous archaeologists and the issues that arise as a result of working between two different knowledge systems. This paper therefore will discuss the question of how archaeologists could modify their practice for better answering the Indigenous communities and treats this particular question by presenting my own work among the Ngarrindjeri nation of southeast South Australia. By the means of a lived experiment of conducting research with/in/for my community, I will consider the effect of the personal identity related to community stories while also examining how the knowledge of the interior can be at the same time complex but very significant for the development of archaeology. ________________________________________________________________ Resume ´: Par le passe ´, les rapports entre les aborige `nes et les arche ´ ologues en Australie se sont ave ´re ´ s conflictuels, consultatifs et collaboratifs. Me ˆme si les aborige `nes ont e ´te ´ implique ´s dans la recherche arche ´ ologique, les chercheurs non-aborige `nes ont e ´te ´a ` l’avant plan dans le de ´veloppement de me ´thodes et de techniques concernant la discipline arche ´ologique a ` de ´faut d’avoir des aborige `nes forme ´s a ` cette discipline. Cet article se veut une contribution au de ´ veloppement actuel de recherche sur les me ´ thodologies employe ´es en arche ´ologie par l’interme ´diaire d’une discussion sur l’expe ´rience d’un e ´ tudiant Ngarrindjeri re ´cemment gradue ´ en arche ´ologie et qui travaille avec les communaute ´s. Me ˆme si le cas pre ´sente ´ ici utilise la question hautement contentieuse et politique du rapatriement, l’objectif de cet article est de refle ´ter les pratiques adopte ´es qui ame `nent a ` la transformation significative des proce ´dures pour les arche ´ ologues RESEARCH ARCHAEOLOGIES Volume 3 Number 3 Dcember 2007 320 Ó 2007 World Archaeological Congress Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (Ó 2007) DOI 10.1007/s11759-007-9043-7