Working alongside the Salinan Tribe in central California, I employ Chicano/Chicana Critical Race Theory and Feminist methodologies to create a decolonial archaeology experience for participants of the doctoral research project. Through the use of counterstories, I present qualitative data gathered during oral interviews with Salinan Tribal Members and people of color that documents the ways that race and gender intersect with the practice of archaeology. These data demonstrate shared resilience and strategies of resistance that demonstrate a strong commitment to alter the methodologies of a discipline that has traditionally served to oppress and silence indigeneity. Results of this study will be used to design a collaborative dissertation project that harnesses the intelligence and contributions of various Salinan tribal groups, enjoining these groups to the tedious process of constructing past and present social identities in a what we so fondly call “archae-ology.”