Pueblo Indian people of the American Southwest have multi-faceted and nuanced relationships with their material culture associated with archaeological activities. Many of these activities result in collections of material culture that are eventually housed in museums and other institutions. One starting point toward gaining some understanding of this relationship revolves around the idea that the material culture within the collections embody history, both physically and spiritually, and that historical memories are given life when Pueblo people re-encounter these collections. The historical memory and their understanding cultural patrimonies are tantamount to a form of Indigenous intellect – a physical, spiritual and intellectual worldview that is inextricably linked to land, people, and history. This presentation offers a basic understanding of how Indigenous thought intersects with Indigenous material culture in foreign contexts (those being outside of Native communities) and how it is essential to integrate that intellect with collections of material culture.