Thanks very much to Alexandra Alberda at the Manchester Museum for inviting myself and Jen Shannon to give a talk about the NAGPRA comics.
The first issue of the NAGPRA comics series – Journeys to Complete the Work – is available for free download here.
Links to some of the other comics I’ve created in collaboration with indigenous communities around the world are listed below:
- Good Grasshopper/Bad Grasshopper – Traditional story from the island of Palau, Micronesia (Palauan language version)
- Footprints of the Ancestors – Comic about archaeological research on the island of Yap, Micronesia
- Preserving Palau’s Future – Climate change and cultural heritage on the islands of Palau, Micronesia
- Explorando Nuestro Pasado Indigena – Comic about archaeology in Juigalpa, Nicaragua (Spanish language version)
- Exploring our Indigenous Past – English language version of the above.
- Chiripan Markan Jakaña – Comic about the site of Chiripa, Bolivia (Aymara language version)
- Vivir en Chiripa – Spanish language version of the above.
- Living at Chiripa – English language version of the above.
For those of you interested in how comics can be applied to other aspects of archaeology, here are two comics about science in archaeology, produced in partnership with the Center for Applied Isotope Studies at the University of Georgia:
And for those interested in local and community heritage in its broadest sense, here’s a link to a collection of posts about the newspaper comic strip series I ran between 2017-2018 about the market town of Oswestry, Shropshire (UK).
John, this is an innovative way to make a fascinating subject accessible to wider audiences. Well done. On a more personal note, my spouse’s great-grandfather was Jess Swogger. We only know that he was born in 1890, and died in 1982. And that there is supposedly a Native American connection, but don’t know from where. If you would have any insight, please contact us at the email listed. Thank you.