University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, Mar 1, 1994
Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within ... more Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within and in the vicinity of the NTS study area were invited to participate in this study. Their participation was in keeping with a Native American consultation process that has been developed over a period of seventeen years and has involved more than sixty tribes. Indian people participating in this study were asked to identify and make recommendations about cultural resources that are potentially impacted by the underground testing activities on Pahute and Rainier Mesas, on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This report focuses on information collected on both ethnobiology and ethnoarchaeology. Data was collected through on-site interviews with officially appointed tribal representatives and through mail surveys. This study was conducted in compliance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) of 1978 (PL 95 -341) and was in keeping with Department of Energy (DOE) directives to be responsive to this and other laws regarding cultural resources located on DOE facilities. This study built upon previous Native American cultural resource consultation studies conducted on the Nevada Test Site.
The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides access to historical and current research (1948 to t... more The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides access to historical and current research (1948 to the present) from the Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agencies.
Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within ... more Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within and in the vicinity of the NTS study area were invited to participate in this study. Their participation was in keeping with a Native American consultation process that has been developed over a period of seventeen years and has involved more than sixty tribes. Indian people participating in this study were asked to identify and make recommendations about cultural resources that are potentially impacted by the underground testing activities on Pahute and Rainier Mesas, on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This report focuses on information collected on both ethnobiology and ethnoarchaeology. Data was collected through on-site interviews with officially appointed tribal representatives and through mail surveys. This study was conducted in compliance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) of 1978 (PL 95 -341) and was in keeping with Department of Energy (DOE) directives to be responsive to this and other laws regarding cultural resources located on DOE facilities. This study built upon previous Native American cultural resource consultation studies conducted on the Nevada Test Site.
Page 1. Page 2. on listing plants, transcribing their Indian names, and de-scribing how they were... more Page 1. Page 2. on listing plants, transcribing their Indian names, and de-scribing how they were used. Later studies, such as those con-ducted among the Tzeltal Maya, took a first step toward quan-tification by analyzing plant ...
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, 1987
This is a scoping report that presents conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential re... more This is a scoping report that presents conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential relationship between the people of Monroe and Lenawee Counties, Michigan and proposal to consider locating the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in these counties. The study area is located within the two counties but includes only the extreme eastern portion of Lenawee County. This report discusses the social and cultural impacts that could derive from siting the SSC in these counties, the possible local resident responses to these potential SSC impacts, and potential statewide responses to the project. This scoping research was founded through a contract between the Michigan Energy and Resource Research Associations (MERRA) and the Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. Scoping g research was conducted between April 15, 1986 and August 31, 1986.
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, 1989
The general area that was under consideration by this study is located in western Utah and easter... more The general area that was under consideration by this study is located in western Utah and eastern Nevada. The electronic combat test capability (ECTC) proposal potentially affected areas extending from the Great Salt Lake in the north to Milford, Utah in the south and from Eureka, Utah in the east to Ely, Nevada in the west. For most of this area potential impacts derived from the effects of air traffic. Construction and operation impacts would have occurred at various locations from throughout the study area. The largest concentration of both air flight and ground disturbance impacts would have occurred in one of three long valleys located south of the Dugway Proving Ground: Whirwind Valley, Tule Valley, and Snake Valley. These valleys are approximately 60 miles long and have a north to south orientation. The valleys are defined by mountain ranges with peaks from 7,000 to 12,000 feet elevation. Valley floors vary between 4,000 to 5,000 feet in elevation. So each valley involves different ecological zones that span as much as 8,000 vertical feet. This physically and ecologically diverse topography has been utilized by American Indian people for tens of thousands of years. For at least the past few hundred years it has been used by American Indian people belonging to the Goshute, Southern Paiute, and Ute ethnic groups. This report describes and summarizes the concerns of Goshute, Southern Paiute, and Ute Indian people for cultural resources that might have been potentially affected by proposed U.S. Air Force ECTC actions and alternatives in one of three candidate valleys in west - central Utah. Between March 6, 1989 and March 23, 1989, ethnographers from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, along with representatives of Science Applications International Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada, and the United States Air Force, established a consultation relationship with four tribal governments who represent three American Indian ethnic groups involved in the cultural resources assessment study. During this time period, tribal representatives visited each of the three candidate valleys and the specific locations of proposed sites slated for potential ground disturbing activities and development within each candidate valley to comment on cultural resources that exist there.
The research presented in this document builds upon the ethnohistoric, ethnographic, ethnobotanic... more The research presented in this document builds upon the ethnohistoric, ethnographic, ethnobotanical and ethnozoological information that was discussed in the first Black Mountain study. The lands of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) were traditionally occupied and used by the Numic people.
Climate change has been observed for hundreds of years by plant specialists of three Odawa Tribes... more Climate change has been observed for hundreds of years by plant specialists of three Odawa Tribes in the Upper Great Lakes along Lake Michigan. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is the focus of two National Park Service-funded studies of Odawa Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of plants and ecosystems and climate change impacts on these. Data collected during these ethnobotany studies were designed to contribute to a Plant Gathering Agreement between the tribes and the park. This essay provides an analysis of these observations derived from 95 ethnographic interviews conducted by University of Arizona anthropologists. Odawa people recognize in the park 288 plants and five habitats of traditional and contemporary concern. Tribal representatives explained how 115 of these traditional plants and all five habitats are known from multigenerational eyewitness accounts to have been impacted by climate change.
This government-to-government consultation between the Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Of... more This government-to-government consultation between the Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE /NV) and the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO) focused on the interpretation of 10 rock art sites; seven on the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and three on the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office (YMSCO). The consultation entailed a systematic ethnographic study of petroglyphs, pictographs, and other rock art manipulations. The objective of the project was to gain an understanding of the cultural significance of rock art for contemporary American Indians and its place in their traditional cultural landscapes. Research activities involved visits to rock art sites by tribal elders and tribal cultural experts. During the field visits, Indian consultants responded to standardized interviews and provided observations, comments, and recommendations regarding each of the sites under study. The project involved 14 American Indian tribes and two Indian organizations...
This is a report of findings from an American Indian Rapid Cultural Assessment that was conducted... more This is a report of findings from an American Indian Rapid Cultural Assessment that was conducted in 1997. The focus of the study is a location on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) where the Kistler Aerospace Corporation proposes to build a launch site for a communications satellite. As such, this is a rapid cultural assessment of Water Bottle Canyon on which construction is expected in the near future. The purpose of this study is to summarize American Indian cultural resources, as these exist on and near to site 26NY10133 and to consider potential mitigation strategies. This report is a summary of the cultural assessments made by members of the American Indian Writers Subgroup (AIWS) which is representing in this study the cultural resource interests of the 17 tribes and 3 Indian organizations that constitute the CGTO.
This was an applied ethnographic study of natural and cultural resources of contemporary signific... more This was an applied ethnographic study of natural and cultural resources of contemporary significance for American Ojibway' tribes and Canadian Ojibway First Nations that are or were once present within or in the immediate vicinity of four National Park Service (NPS) units in the Midwest Region: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE), Michigan; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), Michigan; Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (APIS), Wisconsin; and Voyageurs National Park (VOYA), Minnesota. The main objective of this study, according to the Scope of Work (SOW) of 1996, was to develop a documented basis of knowledge regarding historic and current use of resources by culturally affiliated Native American tribes that should help park managers anticipate Native American resource use issues that may confront them in the future and thus be better prepared to deal with them in an informed and culturally sensitive manner. The study also was to provide recommendations regardin...
This presentation provides photographs to help the reader further illustrate the report American ... more This presentation provides photographs to help the reader further illustrate the report American Indians and Fajada Butte.
This document is an oral history of Ester Mae Bodie, one of the Exumas’ renowned plant experts. D... more This document is an oral history of Ester Mae Bodie, one of the Exumas’ renowned plant experts. During the Bahamas Marine Protected Area Study, members of Richard Stoffle’s research team spent numerous hours interviewing Mrs. Bodie a range of topics including ethnobotany, traditional marine use, the proposed MPAs, and her life growing up in the Exumas. In order to honor her contributions to the overall project, members of the Stoffle team constructed this document to share her story.
This is a slide show of selected photographs from the Big Springs Ethnographic Assessment US-95 C... more This is a slide show of selected photographs from the Big Springs Ethnographic Assessment US-95 Corridor Study.
The Greater than Class C (GTCC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluated the potential impa... more The Greater than Class C (GTCC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluated the potential impacts from the construction and operation of a new facility or facilities, or use of an existing facility, employing various disposal methods (geologic repository, intermediate depth borehole, enhanced near surface trench, and above grade vault) at six federal sites and generic commercial locations. For three of the locations being considered as possible locations, consulting tribes were brought in to comment on their perceptions on how GTCC low level radioactive waste would affect Native American resources (land, water, air, plants, animals, archaeology, etc.) short and long term. The consulting tribes produced essays that were incorporated into the EIS and these essays are in turn included in this collection. This essay was produced by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
This ethnographic overview documents the contemporary values of American Indians regarding Fajada... more This ethnographic overview documents the contemporary values of American Indians regarding Fajada Butte. The study defines which Indian tribes have traditional or historic cultural ties to Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NHP). The study was funded by the National Park Service on September 15, 1992, and was managed by the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office. The ethnographic overview is focussed on two broad issues: (1) Fajada Butte and its significance to American Indian people and (2) the traditional use of plants and their cultural significance to American Indian people. An additional goal of this study is to contribute information about to the process of general tribal -park consultation including Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. This study documented that 11 tribes and pueblos have cultural relationships with Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture NHP. American Indians feel a contemporary identification with the Fajada Butte and ...
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, Mar 1, 1994
Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within ... more Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within and in the vicinity of the NTS study area were invited to participate in this study. Their participation was in keeping with a Native American consultation process that has been developed over a period of seventeen years and has involved more than sixty tribes. Indian people participating in this study were asked to identify and make recommendations about cultural resources that are potentially impacted by the underground testing activities on Pahute and Rainier Mesas, on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This report focuses on information collected on both ethnobiology and ethnoarchaeology. Data was collected through on-site interviews with officially appointed tribal representatives and through mail surveys. This study was conducted in compliance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) of 1978 (PL 95 -341) and was in keeping with Department of Energy (DOE) directives to be responsive to this and other laws regarding cultural resources located on DOE facilities. This study built upon previous Native American cultural resource consultation studies conducted on the Nevada Test Site.
The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides access to historical and current research (1948 to t... more The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides access to historical and current research (1948 to the present) from the Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agencies.
Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within ... more Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within and in the vicinity of the NTS study area were invited to participate in this study. Their participation was in keeping with a Native American consultation process that has been developed over a period of seventeen years and has involved more than sixty tribes. Indian people participating in this study were asked to identify and make recommendations about cultural resources that are potentially impacted by the underground testing activities on Pahute and Rainier Mesas, on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This report focuses on information collected on both ethnobiology and ethnoarchaeology. Data was collected through on-site interviews with officially appointed tribal representatives and through mail surveys. This study was conducted in compliance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) of 1978 (PL 95 -341) and was in keeping with Department of Energy (DOE) directives to be responsive to this and other laws regarding cultural resources located on DOE facilities. This study built upon previous Native American cultural resource consultation studies conducted on the Nevada Test Site.
Page 1. Page 2. on listing plants, transcribing their Indian names, and de-scribing how they were... more Page 1. Page 2. on listing plants, transcribing their Indian names, and de-scribing how they were used. Later studies, such as those con-ducted among the Tzeltal Maya, took a first step toward quan-tification by analyzing plant ...
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, 1987
This is a scoping report that presents conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential re... more This is a scoping report that presents conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential relationship between the people of Monroe and Lenawee Counties, Michigan and proposal to consider locating the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in these counties. The study area is located within the two counties but includes only the extreme eastern portion of Lenawee County. This report discusses the social and cultural impacts that could derive from siting the SSC in these counties, the possible local resident responses to these potential SSC impacts, and potential statewide responses to the project. This scoping research was founded through a contract between the Michigan Energy and Resource Research Associations (MERRA) and the Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. Scoping g research was conducted between April 15, 1986 and August 31, 1986.
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, 1989
The general area that was under consideration by this study is located in western Utah and easter... more The general area that was under consideration by this study is located in western Utah and eastern Nevada. The electronic combat test capability (ECTC) proposal potentially affected areas extending from the Great Salt Lake in the north to Milford, Utah in the south and from Eureka, Utah in the east to Ely, Nevada in the west. For most of this area potential impacts derived from the effects of air traffic. Construction and operation impacts would have occurred at various locations from throughout the study area. The largest concentration of both air flight and ground disturbance impacts would have occurred in one of three long valleys located south of the Dugway Proving Ground: Whirwind Valley, Tule Valley, and Snake Valley. These valleys are approximately 60 miles long and have a north to south orientation. The valleys are defined by mountain ranges with peaks from 7,000 to 12,000 feet elevation. Valley floors vary between 4,000 to 5,000 feet in elevation. So each valley involves different ecological zones that span as much as 8,000 vertical feet. This physically and ecologically diverse topography has been utilized by American Indian people for tens of thousands of years. For at least the past few hundred years it has been used by American Indian people belonging to the Goshute, Southern Paiute, and Ute ethnic groups. This report describes and summarizes the concerns of Goshute, Southern Paiute, and Ute Indian people for cultural resources that might have been potentially affected by proposed U.S. Air Force ECTC actions and alternatives in one of three candidate valleys in west - central Utah. Between March 6, 1989 and March 23, 1989, ethnographers from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, along with representatives of Science Applications International Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada, and the United States Air Force, established a consultation relationship with four tribal governments who represent three American Indian ethnic groups involved in the cultural resources assessment study. During this time period, tribal representatives visited each of the three candidate valleys and the specific locations of proposed sites slated for potential ground disturbing activities and development within each candidate valley to comment on cultural resources that exist there.
The research presented in this document builds upon the ethnohistoric, ethnographic, ethnobotanic... more The research presented in this document builds upon the ethnohistoric, ethnographic, ethnobotanical and ethnozoological information that was discussed in the first Black Mountain study. The lands of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) were traditionally occupied and used by the Numic people.
Climate change has been observed for hundreds of years by plant specialists of three Odawa Tribes... more Climate change has been observed for hundreds of years by plant specialists of three Odawa Tribes in the Upper Great Lakes along Lake Michigan. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is the focus of two National Park Service-funded studies of Odawa Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of plants and ecosystems and climate change impacts on these. Data collected during these ethnobotany studies were designed to contribute to a Plant Gathering Agreement between the tribes and the park. This essay provides an analysis of these observations derived from 95 ethnographic interviews conducted by University of Arizona anthropologists. Odawa people recognize in the park 288 plants and five habitats of traditional and contemporary concern. Tribal representatives explained how 115 of these traditional plants and all five habitats are known from multigenerational eyewitness accounts to have been impacted by climate change.
This government-to-government consultation between the Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Of... more This government-to-government consultation between the Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE /NV) and the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO) focused on the interpretation of 10 rock art sites; seven on the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and three on the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office (YMSCO). The consultation entailed a systematic ethnographic study of petroglyphs, pictographs, and other rock art manipulations. The objective of the project was to gain an understanding of the cultural significance of rock art for contemporary American Indians and its place in their traditional cultural landscapes. Research activities involved visits to rock art sites by tribal elders and tribal cultural experts. During the field visits, Indian consultants responded to standardized interviews and provided observations, comments, and recommendations regarding each of the sites under study. The project involved 14 American Indian tribes and two Indian organizations...
This is a report of findings from an American Indian Rapid Cultural Assessment that was conducted... more This is a report of findings from an American Indian Rapid Cultural Assessment that was conducted in 1997. The focus of the study is a location on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) where the Kistler Aerospace Corporation proposes to build a launch site for a communications satellite. As such, this is a rapid cultural assessment of Water Bottle Canyon on which construction is expected in the near future. The purpose of this study is to summarize American Indian cultural resources, as these exist on and near to site 26NY10133 and to consider potential mitigation strategies. This report is a summary of the cultural assessments made by members of the American Indian Writers Subgroup (AIWS) which is representing in this study the cultural resource interests of the 17 tribes and 3 Indian organizations that constitute the CGTO.
This was an applied ethnographic study of natural and cultural resources of contemporary signific... more This was an applied ethnographic study of natural and cultural resources of contemporary significance for American Ojibway' tribes and Canadian Ojibway First Nations that are or were once present within or in the immediate vicinity of four National Park Service (NPS) units in the Midwest Region: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE), Michigan; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), Michigan; Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (APIS), Wisconsin; and Voyageurs National Park (VOYA), Minnesota. The main objective of this study, according to the Scope of Work (SOW) of 1996, was to develop a documented basis of knowledge regarding historic and current use of resources by culturally affiliated Native American tribes that should help park managers anticipate Native American resource use issues that may confront them in the future and thus be better prepared to deal with them in an informed and culturally sensitive manner. The study also was to provide recommendations regardin...
This presentation provides photographs to help the reader further illustrate the report American ... more This presentation provides photographs to help the reader further illustrate the report American Indians and Fajada Butte.
This document is an oral history of Ester Mae Bodie, one of the Exumas’ renowned plant experts. D... more This document is an oral history of Ester Mae Bodie, one of the Exumas’ renowned plant experts. During the Bahamas Marine Protected Area Study, members of Richard Stoffle’s research team spent numerous hours interviewing Mrs. Bodie a range of topics including ethnobotany, traditional marine use, the proposed MPAs, and her life growing up in the Exumas. In order to honor her contributions to the overall project, members of the Stoffle team constructed this document to share her story.
This is a slide show of selected photographs from the Big Springs Ethnographic Assessment US-95 C... more This is a slide show of selected photographs from the Big Springs Ethnographic Assessment US-95 Corridor Study.
The Greater than Class C (GTCC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluated the potential impa... more The Greater than Class C (GTCC) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluated the potential impacts from the construction and operation of a new facility or facilities, or use of an existing facility, employing various disposal methods (geologic repository, intermediate depth borehole, enhanced near surface trench, and above grade vault) at six federal sites and generic commercial locations. For three of the locations being considered as possible locations, consulting tribes were brought in to comment on their perceptions on how GTCC low level radioactive waste would affect Native American resources (land, water, air, plants, animals, archaeology, etc.) short and long term. The consulting tribes produced essays that were incorporated into the EIS and these essays are in turn included in this collection. This essay was produced by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
This ethnographic overview documents the contemporary values of American Indians regarding Fajada... more This ethnographic overview documents the contemporary values of American Indians regarding Fajada Butte. The study defines which Indian tribes have traditional or historic cultural ties to Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NHP). The study was funded by the National Park Service on September 15, 1992, and was managed by the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office. The ethnographic overview is focussed on two broad issues: (1) Fajada Butte and its significance to American Indian people and (2) the traditional use of plants and their cultural significance to American Indian people. An additional goal of this study is to contribute information about to the process of general tribal -park consultation including Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. This study documented that 11 tribes and pueblos have cultural relationships with Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture NHP. American Indians feel a contemporary identification with the Fajada Butte and ...
Native American peoples are reconnecting with traditional lands, resources, and objects through f... more Native American peoples are reconnecting with traditional lands, resources, and objects through formal consultations. Applied anthropologists facilitate these reconnections by conducting high quality ethnographic and ethnohistorical studies, which are subsequently used as foundations for decision-making by land managers and tribal governments. One kind of these studies is the Ethnographic Overview and Assessment (EOA), a term used by the National Park Service. This talk is focused on three recent EOAs conducted by our UofA research team for Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and Hovenweep National Monument. Here we briefly document a few ways the studies have influenced how the NPS talks about, publically interprets, and utilizes the cultures of the participating Indian tribes and pueblos.
Analysis of how belief influence communication about important issues between Native Americans an... more Analysis of how belief influence communication about important issues between Native Americans and western trained natural resource land managers.
In an effort to satisfy external requests for a Resource Management Plan, this reportdocuments th... more In an effort to satisfy external requests for a Resource Management Plan, this reportdocuments the capability of the Tohono O’odham Nation to manage the natural and cultural resources of the approximate 2.8 million acres of land within their reservation boundaries. In order to provide additional validity and credibility to their own declarations of resource management capability, the Tohono O’odham Nation contracted an ethnographic team from the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology at the University of Arizona (UofA) to assist in the preparation of this report.
This is an applied ethnographic study of Southern Paiute cultural resources and how these are rel... more This is an applied ethnographic study of Southern Paiute cultural resources and how these are related to the natural ecosystems (Figure 1) that surround and incorporate Zion National Park in southern Utah and Pipe Spring National Monument in northern Arizona (Figure 2). This study is special in two ways. Unlike most other studies of American Indian cultural resources found within National Parks, this study moves beyond the formal boundaries of these NPS units in an effort to understand them as components of a broader natural ecosystem. As such, this study is part of a new tradition that seeks to establish a scientific and social framework for ecologically-based stewardship of Federal lands and waters (Ecological Stewardship Workshop 1995). Unlike most studies of American Indian cultural resources which do not involve Indian tribes in the design and conduct of research, this study was preceded by the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the involved parks and culturally affiliated Indian tribal governments. As partners in the research process, these tribes have had a voice in how their cultural resource issues would be studied and presented to the NPS. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of this applied ethnographic study by highlighting some of its special findings. In addition, the report provides a conceptual context for understanding both the NPS's interest in ecosystem management and how Southern Paiute people view space, time, and cultural resources.
The purpose of this study is to provide an ethnohistoric and ethnographic assessment of
selected... more The purpose of this study is to provide an ethnohistoric and ethnographic assessment of
selected American Indian communities along the OST. Text from the initial study design is provided in this and the next three sections of this chapter. It is important to understand the two events at which this project is being and will be discussed. There is a larger effort designed to provide data which potentially can be used in the management the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, which was placed in National Trails System by an act of Congress in 2002. The current study, however, is limited in scope to a few American Indian tribes who lived along the trail when it was being used for pack-trains between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
The purpose of this study is to provide an ethnohistoric and ethnographic assessment of
selected... more The purpose of this study is to provide an ethnohistoric and ethnographic assessment of
selected contemporary communities along the Old Spanish Trail (OST). Text from the initial study design is provided in this and the next three sections of this chapter. It is important to understand the two levels at which this project is being and will be discussed. There is a larger effort designed to provide data which potentially can be used for in the management of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, which was placed in National Trails System by an act of Congress in 2002. The current study, however, is limited in scope to a few Hispanic communities who were located along the trail when it was being used for pack-trains between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
The MWRO and SLBE collaborated with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the L... more The MWRO and SLBE collaborated with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, to plan a study of the contemporary plant use, cultural needs, and possible environmental effects of Native American plant collecting for plant species found at SLBE. The project pursued multiple objectives. First, the documentation of contemporary Odawa plant use, cultural knowledge regarding plant use, and possible future cultural plant resource needs. The second goal of project sought to document the presence of culturally significant Odawa plant species at SLBE and the specifics of cultural use (e.g., quantity needed, seasonality, cultural use restrictions). The third goal of the project was to evaluate the ecological effects of culturally significant plant gathering on collected species and the habitats in which they are found. Study results provide a firmer empirical foundation to evaluate long-term ecological effects of traditional plant collection practices sufficient to withstand legal scrutiny if necessary.
This document focuses on access issues related to some particular cultural
resources, specificall... more This document focuses on access issues related to some particular cultural resources, specifically those designated as "sacred sites" for present-day Native American groups. Other terms have been variously used to define these sites; e.g., "sites of cultural significance," "traditional cultural properties," and "sacred geography." Usually, these places involve either practice of Native American religion, taking of natural resources, or traditional sacred resources. More often than not, all of these characteristics may apply to a particular resource or locality since Native American cultural practices are so interrelated that religious activities cannot easily be separated from subsistence, family life, or other individual or group behaviors. For this report, Native Americans include American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.
Henry F. Dobyns: Perspectives On An Applied Anthropology Career, 2021
This is an introduction to the applied anthropology work of Dr. Henry Farmer Dobyns. This documen... more This is an introduction to the applied anthropology work of Dr. Henry Farmer Dobyns. This document has four sections: (1) short sketch of Dr. Dobyns' career produced at his death in 2009 and written by Rich Stoffle; (2) an appreciation of Dr. Dobyns by Kristine Jones; (3) a fivepart essay written by Hank Dobyns about his career; and (4) an essay by Lisa Duncan the archivist who processed his papers for the University of Arizona, Special Collections Division.
Henry F. Dobyns: Perspectives on an Applied Anthropology Career, 2021
This is an introduction to the applied anthropology work of Dr. Henry Farmer Dobyns. This documen... more This is an introduction to the applied anthropology work of Dr. Henry Farmer Dobyns. This document has four sections: (1) short sketch of Dr. Dobyns' career produced at his death in 2009 and written by Rich Stoffle; (2) an appreciation of Dr. Dobyns by Kristine Jones; (3) a fivepart essay written by Hank Dobyns about his career; and (4) an essay by Lisa Duncan the archivist who processed his papers for the University of Arizona, Special Collections Division.
Landscapes of Origin In the Americas: Creating Narratives Linking Ancient Places and Present Communities, 2009
This is a study of the epistemological divide between Southern Paiutes and Western people regardi... more This is a study of the epistemological divide between Southern Paiutes and Western people regarding the cultural importance and meaning of the Spring Mountains in southern Nevada. Especially important is to understand the Spring Mountain range as a living being with human rights and responsibilities. The term for the highest mountain is used to explain this epistemological divide.
Proceedings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, 1976
Society for Applied Anthropology conference. On the topic of the history of ethnographic impact a... more Society for Applied Anthropology conference. On the topic of the history of ethnographic impact assessment with Native Americans since 1970s when the first NA EIS was conducted.
Conference presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology that discusses the evolution of N... more Conference presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology that discusses the evolution of Native American impact assessment studies since they began in 1976.
Think Tank Climate Change: 50 years World Convention, 2021
As the Sea Rises
Climate Change, Heritage Conservation, and Caribbean Small Island States
Kathlee... more As the Sea Rises Climate Change, Heritage Conservation, and Caribbean Small Island States Kathleen Van Vlack1*, Richard Stoffle2 1Living Heritage Research Council, Cortez, Colorado, United States 2School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States * Correspondence: Kathleen Van Vlack kvanvlack82@gmail.com Keywords: climate change, small island developing states, heritage conservation, environmental multiplicity, traditional ecological knowledge, the Bahamas, St. Lucia. Abstract This essay is about the interface of climate change and heritage conservation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. These SIDS are uniquely vulnerable to climate change impacts on their tangible and intangible cultural heritage and habitats. This essay focuses on 28 SIDS in the Caribbean basin, including 16 who are U.N. Members and 13 who are either non-UN members or associate members of regional commissions (United Nations 2021). These states share a history of plantation slavery, post-colonial struggles for new national identities, similar marine and terrestrial ecology, and exposure to common climate events. Due to their common histories and ecologies, it is argued that findings from one island can be extrapolated elsewhere. Field research and document findings argue that some of the local cultural climate and weather adaptations can be useful for future changes. Projected sea level rises and more frequent severe weather events, however, are expected to offset the potential for local communities to adapt without outside support. This paper was prepared as a contribution to a UN sponsored Think Tank on Climate Change, composed of invited presenters including the authors of this paper. The climate change Think Tank is associated with the project “50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility – Conflict & Reconciliation” which celebrates the World Heritage Convention on its 50th anniversary which will occur on 16 November 2022. The Think Tank, which occurred on March 10, 2021, was composed of scholars concerned with the shared responsibility that all world citizens have and with the implementation of climate change reconciliation and sustainability. The Think Tank purpose was to identify the conflicts that world heritage faces and analyze and reflect on conflict avoiding and conflict solving strategies and elaborate them in the context of the UN Agenda 2030. In this respect the Think Tank is designed to contribute to the goals of the World Heritage Convention.
On Saturday, August 26, 2017 Arches National Park sponsored a talk by Richard Stoffle who present... more On Saturday, August 26, 2017 Arches National Park sponsored a talk by Richard Stoffle who presented a summary of the tribal connections to the park. Over half dozen tribes were invited to participate in the study. The talk was at Arches Visitor Center, Moab, Utah
Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, 2019
Barbados was a Warri-playing country throughout the Twentieth Century, as evidenced by the presen... more Barbados was a Warri-playing country throughout the Twentieth Century, as evidenced by the presence of masters who were excellent at the game. Warri arrived in Barbados, and elsewhere in the Caribbean in the minds of people forcibly taken from West Africa. To some the game seemed innocuous but clearly it was powerful and so over 400 years became culturally central in the lives of men in the new plantation-based society. In Europe, North America and the Caribbean many museums have acquired Warri (or Oware), which are elaborately carved wooden game boards. As museum objects, they represent a curiosity of a place, time, and art form, but Oware boards have never before this analysis been considered as a central component of male agency during slavery and under colonial rule. This paper illustrates how overlooked or misunderstood aspects of Caribbean material culture can be studied to re/position slave activities into contemporary heritage dialogues. 1
This is an introduction to the applied anthropology work of Dr. Henry Farmer Dobyns. This documen... more This is an introduction to the applied anthropology work of Dr. Henry Farmer Dobyns. This document has four sections: (1) short sketch of Dr. Dobyns' career produced at his death in 2009 and written by Rich Stoffle; (2) an appreciation of Dr. Dobyns by Kristine Jones; (3) a fivepart essay written by Hank Dobyns about his career; and (4) an essay by Lisa Duncan the archivist who processed his papers for the University of Arizona, Special Collections Division.
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The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of this applied ethnographic study by highlighting some of its special findings. In addition, the report provides a conceptual context for understanding both the NPS's interest in ecosystem management and how Southern Paiute people view space, time, and cultural resources.
selected American Indian communities along the OST. Text from the initial study design is provided in this and the next three sections of this chapter. It is important to understand the two events at which this project is being and will be discussed. There is a larger effort designed to provide data which potentially can be used in the management the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, which was placed in National Trails System by an act of Congress in 2002. The current study, however, is limited in scope to a few American Indian tribes who lived along the trail when it was being used for pack-trains between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
selected contemporary communities along the Old Spanish Trail (OST). Text from the initial study design is provided in this and the next three sections of this chapter. It is important to understand the two levels at which this project is being and will be discussed. There is a larger effort designed to provide data which potentially can be used for in the management of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, which was placed in National Trails System by an act of Congress in 2002. The current study, however, is limited in scope to a few Hispanic communities who were located along the trail when it was being used for pack-trains between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
resources, specifically those designated as "sacred sites" for present-day Native American groups. Other terms have been variously used to define these sites; e.g., "sites of cultural significance," "traditional cultural
properties," and "sacred geography." Usually, these places involve either
practice of Native American religion, taking of natural resources, or traditional sacred resources. More often than not, all of these characteristics may apply to a particular resource or locality since Native American cultural practices are so interrelated that religious activities cannot easily be separated from subsistence, family life, or other individual or group behaviors. For this report, Native Americans include American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.
Climate Change, Heritage Conservation, and Caribbean Small Island States
Kathleen Van Vlack1*, Richard Stoffle2
1Living Heritage Research Council, Cortez, Colorado, United States
2School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
* Correspondence:
Kathleen Van Vlack
kvanvlack82@gmail.com
Keywords: climate change, small island developing states, heritage conservation, environmental multiplicity, traditional ecological knowledge, the Bahamas, St. Lucia.
Abstract
This essay is about the interface of climate change and heritage conservation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. These SIDS are uniquely vulnerable to climate change impacts on their tangible and intangible cultural heritage and habitats. This essay focuses on 28 SIDS in the Caribbean basin, including 16 who are U.N. Members and 13 who are either non-UN members or associate members of regional commissions (United Nations 2021). These states share a history of plantation slavery, post-colonial struggles for new national identities, similar marine and terrestrial ecology, and exposure to common climate events. Due to their common histories and ecologies, it is argued that findings from one island can be extrapolated elsewhere. Field research and document findings argue that some of the local cultural climate and weather adaptations can be useful for future changes. Projected sea level rises and more frequent severe weather events, however, are expected to offset the potential for local communities to adapt without outside support.
This paper was prepared as a contribution to a UN sponsored Think Tank on Climate Change, composed of invited presenters including the authors of this paper. The climate change Think Tank is associated with the project “50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility – Conflict & Reconciliation” which celebrates the World Heritage Convention on its 50th anniversary which will occur on 16 November 2022.
The Think Tank, which occurred on March 10, 2021, was composed of scholars concerned with the shared responsibility that all world citizens have and with the implementation of climate change reconciliation and sustainability. The Think Tank purpose was to identify the conflicts that world heritage faces and analyze and reflect on conflict avoiding and conflict solving strategies and elaborate them in the context of the UN Agenda 2030. In this respect the Think Tank is designed to contribute to the goals of the World Heritage Convention.