North American Indian ethnology with emphasis on the Plains and the Southwest; art and material culture; political clientelism; ethnic group relations; museological history of exhibits as relates to American Indians.
Publications
Book Chapter
Archambault, Joallyn and Sturtevant, William C. 2004. "Native Americans and Smithsonian Research." In Anthropology Explored, 2nd edition. Selig, Ruth Osterweis, London, Marilyn R., and Kaupp, P. Ann, editors. 347–354. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books.
Archambault, Joallyn. 1996. "Anthropology and Indians." In The Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Houghton Mifflin.
Archambault, Joallyn. 1996. "Beads and Beadwork." In The Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Birchfield, D. L., editor. New York: Marshall Cavendish.
Archambault, Joallyn. 1996. "Pan-Indian Organizations." In The Encyclopedia of North American Indians. New York: Marshall Cavendish.
Archambault, Joallyn and Sturtevant, William C. 1996. "Museums and Collectors." In The Encyclopedia of North American Indians. 407–410. New York: Marshall Cavendish.
Archambault, Joallyn. 1994. "Bringing Civility to Science Museums." In Gender perspectives : essays on women in museums. Glaser, Jane R. and Zenetou, Artemis A., editors. 83–83. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.