 Archaeologists have a long history of excavating American Indian sites without consulting or collaborating with American Indians.Points of tension include, but are not limited to, the excavation and collection of human remains, the destruction and collections of sacred sites and objects, and archaeological interpretations that ignored or contradicted the opinions and beliefs of American Indians.Even the so-called ‘father of American archaeology’ Thomas Jefferson excavated adults and sub-adults from a site still visited by American Indians and Pilgrims plundered an American Indian grave days after anchoring at Cape Cod.