Delancey Paden Griffin, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation from Oklahoma, is a second year Ph.D. student working under the guidance of Dr. Victor Thompson. Her research focuses on Indigenous Archaeologies in the Southeastern United States, particularly on the intricacies of conducting collaborative archaeology on ancestral land with forcibly removed Tribal Nations. Delancey is conducting a collaborative dissertation project on early 19th century Cherokee Nation at New Echota, the pre-removal capital of the Cherokee Nation in Georgia. Studying settlement patterns of households and public buildings at New Echota, she is looking at ways that these reflect a deeper legacy of Indigenous governance structures and aims to understand the role of longstanding institutions and traditions present at New Echota within the broader context of Cherokee history and governance. Expanding questions beyond those posed in the context of historical documents and discrete chronological periods, she aims to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into interpretations of archaeological data of ancestral Cherokee material culture and landscapes to bridge contemporary Indigenous communities with historical sites and collections in the deeper past. Delancey’s work aims to create and develop opportunities for getting Tribal Citizens involved with archaeological research in ancestral lands and furthering Indigenous Archaeologies.