Chris Wilson is an archaeologist and senior lecturer in humanities (critical Indigenous studies, history and archaeology). He is the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a PhD in archaeology (Flinders University in 2017). Dr Wilson has worked as an academic advisor/associate, lecturer for the Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research and senior lecturer for the Offi ce of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement at Flinders University since 2004. Key research interests include: Holocene occupation and migration models for the lower Murray River, south-eastern Australia; post-contact archaeologies, conflict, memory and trauma; studies of colonialism; intersections of cultural heritage; intellectual property rights; and Australian Indigenous archaeologies. Chris is a current chief investigator for the National Indigenous Reserach and Knoweldges Network (NIRAKN), a special resrach initative led by Prof Aileen Moreton Robinson at QUT) and was a partner investigator for the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority on the Return, Reconcile, Renew project (2013–2016) funded by the Australian Research Council.