Website Analysis Using Rubric

I haven't been able to find a website that covers all of same the material we looked at for our case study project. We analysed both Canadian and US archaeological and cultural resource laws and how they applied to our case study on Tse-whit-zen Village in Port Angeles, WA.  That's pretty specific and I'd like to think that if we'd found a website that covered that topic exactly, we would have chosen to focus on something else (or at the very least, cited it heavily in our bibliography).

Instead, I've chosen to apply our rubric to a website that covers the specific portion of our project that I focused on: the history of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the excavation of Tse-whit-zen Village from the perspective of the Lower Elwha Klallam.

For me, the best online resource I have found for that subject was the official website of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

Here is a link to their summary of the Tse-whit-zen Village excavation. There are more sub-pages on the subject of Tse-whit-zen Village if you hover your cursor over the "Tse-whit-zen" label on the far-left sidebar. And honestly, I would give their website full marks, even though it doesn't have the benefit of engaging pictures or a bibliography. I would give it full marks because this is a group of indigenous people sharing their own story. Who should we hold as a higher authority on their history? What number of published articles or academic accolades should outweigh the value of people telling their own story in their own words?

This is their culture and their history. I think it's important for all archaeologists (and especially those working on First Nations land) to remember that these are not extinct cultures. They are living cultures and they are not static. They have voices. They have written books with their own words, and they have websites and YouTube channels. I think it's important that when indigenous people are sharing their own stories, that we listen and treat them and their work with respect.