In 1987, a Federal Register notice was released entitled "Native American Relationships Mana... more In 1987, a Federal Register notice was released entitled "Native American Relationships Management Policy."1 This document was eye opening and insightful in its scope, for it articulated the National Park Service's (NPS) responsibility for addressing issues involving Native Americans. The first Native American relationships policy developed by a U.S. land management bureau, this document was written partly as an NPS response to policy guidance for the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978). However, it was more than just a response; it directed NPS personnel how to effectively recognize and respond to Native American connections to parklands and highlighted the need for consultation with affected tribes. Dr. Muriel (Miki) Crespi, Chief Ethnographer of the NPS, was the author of this groundbreaking document. The policy guidance was integrated into the NPS Management Polices in 1988 to address the official NPS position regarding Native Americans, and became the foundation for the NPS applied anthropol...
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2007
This article examines local myth and folklore related to earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis in... more This article examines local myth and folklore related to earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis in oral traditions from Cascadia (part of the northern Pacific coast of North America) and in written traditions from Japan, particularly in the Edo (present-day Tokyo) region. Local folklore corresponds closely to geological evidence and geological events in at least some cases, and the symbolic language of myth and folklore can be a useful supplement to conventional geological evidence for constructing an accurate historical record of geological activity. At a deep, archetypical level, Japan, Cascadia, and many of the world's cultures appear to share similar themes in their conception of earthquakes. Although folklore from Cascadia is fragmentary, and the written record short, the evolution of Japanese earthquake folklore has been well documented over a long period of history and illustrates the interaction of folklore with dynamic social conditions.
Although scientific recognition of the earthquake hazard pre-sented by the Cascadia subduction zo... more Although scientific recognition of the earthquake hazard pre-sented by the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) is relatively recent, native peoples have lived on the Cascadia coast for thousands of years, transferring knowledge from generation
"Persons supplied with the proper appliances for carrying on a fishery might find it a p... more "Persons supplied with the proper appliances for carrying on a fishery might find it a profitable occupation " "At night all the Purseine boats used to anchor in Griffin Bay and some of the men would come up to the house and sing. Uncle George played the violin and Aunt Annie the piano. Uncle Frank called for the square dances." Caption on back of trap photo by Bill Jakle
As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has a responsibilit... more As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has a responsibility for most of our nationally-owned public lands and water resources; protecting our fish, wildlife, and biological diversity; preserving the environmental and cultural values or our national parks and historical places; and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to ensure that their development is in the best interests of all our people by encouraging stewardship and citizen participation in their care. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in the island territories under U.S. administration. Editing services provide by Intermountain Support Office – Santa Fe
From the Hands of a Weaver: Olympic Peninsula Basketry Through Time Edited by Jacilee Wray Norman... more From the Hands of a Weaver: Olympic Peninsula Basketry Through Time Edited by Jacilee Wray Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. xvi + 245pp. Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, Index. $40.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8061-4245-6.Native people have been weaving baskets on their traditional territories on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State for three thousand years. Today, weaving remains central to tribal identities, household economies, and even claims to contested lands. Elwha Klallam elder Ed Sampson humorously declared, "So this is where I left that basket[!]" (151-2) during his visit to the Olympic National Park, where an ancient fragment of a burden basket was revealed in 1993 by a retreating glacier. Now, most Native gathering of natural materials is prohibited in the area.The editor of this new volume, Jacilee Wray, an anthropologist for the Olympic National Park, has woven together her own contribution to native history in a collection of essays documenting the Peninsula's indigenous material culture through the millennia. Assembling an impressive group of authors-ethnographers, ecologists, and Native representatives of tribal cultures-Wray has produced what is arguably the most thorough and authoritative book ever published on basketry traditions in the Pacific Northwest.In two introductory essays, Wray presents an overview of the aboriginal and intercultural aspects of indigenous basketry in this far corner of the United States, a region noted for its maritime edge environments, towering trees, alpine terrain, and abundant rainfall. In "The Weaver as Artist," she urges readers to think beyond early ethnographic abstractions of tribal traditions that presented weavers as anonymous vehicles for the continuity of ancient practices, and instead consider Native women as individual artists with names, family connections, and unique motives. They are human beings who inherited traditional methods, but became masters of the practice through their own personal expressions of artistic creativity, always experimenting and reinterpreting basketry design and technique.In the essay that follows, Wray offers a thorough historical context for understanding local basketry production, particularly in relation to emergent market forces including the desires of non-Native collectors and the growing recognition of Indian material culture as the nation's distinctive contribution to global decorative arts. By the 1880s, it was the agency of Native women and families that initiated an indigenous craft industry for wider consumption, as they brought basketry to the attention of Indian agents and the buying public, and facilitated important exchange relations with trading posts, curio shops, anthropologists, and everyday consumers who encountered basket sellers on the sidewalks of nearby urban areas. By the mid-1950s, the opening of Highway 101, which encircled the Olympic Mountains, dramatically enhanced tourism around the newly established Olympic National Park, and increased consumer visits to nearby Native communities and stores that sold Native-produced goods. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1935 (Public Law 74-355), in combination with the encouragement of Indian Commissioner John Collier and several Northwest anthropologists, further helped to stimulate appreciation of Native basketry and increase economic opportunities for weavers into the post-war era.The volume's midsection includes five essays which divide the tribal traditions of the Klallam, Twana, Quinault, Quileute and Hoh, and Makah; each essay is written by a scholar with intimate familiarity with their respective culture and its individual weavers. …
... assisted the authors, and we would like to thank them: Shane Bowechop, Carol Brown, Beatrice ... more ... assisted the authors, and we would like to thank them: Shane Bowechop, Carol Brown, Beatrice Charles, Ed Claplanhoo, Rhonda Foster, Helen ... We would also like to thank Dave Conca, Richard Daugherty, Paul Gleeson, Roger Hoffman, Tim Montler, Aaron Scrol, Brian Winter ...
... In 2002, Kat Anderson began a study to document the historic land use patterns within the Oze... more ... In 2002, Kat Anderson began a study to document the historic land use patterns within the Ozette ... about burning of the cranberry bogs in Tsoo Yess Prairie from his dad Lloyd Colfax: ... Bob Bowlby, Bud and Vera Klock, Kate McCarty, Jim Wesseler, and Ed and Catherine Wilbur. ...
In 1987, a document titled " Native American Relationships Management Policy " was rele... more In 1987, a document titled " Native American Relationships Management Policy " was released for public comment by means of a Federal Register notice. This document was precedent-setting because it articulated the National Park Service's (NPS's) responsibility for addressing issues involving Native Americans and national parks. For the first time, NPS personnel were provided with direction to effectively recognize and consult with Native Am-ericans who had connections to parklands. Muriel (" Miki ") Crespi, the NPS chief ethnographer, finalized this groundbreaking document. Portions of this policy were included in the 1988 NPS Management Polices to formalize the agency's official position regarding Native Americans, which became the catalyst for the NPS ethnography program. This essay focuses on the development of the NPS ethnography program, taken from Crespi's own documentation (Crespi 2002) and the recollections of the authors, who are anthropol...
In 1987, a Federal Register notice was released entitled "Native American Relationships Mana... more In 1987, a Federal Register notice was released entitled "Native American Relationships Management Policy."1 This document was eye opening and insightful in its scope, for it articulated the National Park Service's (NPS) responsibility for addressing issues involving Native Americans. The first Native American relationships policy developed by a U.S. land management bureau, this document was written partly as an NPS response to policy guidance for the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978). However, it was more than just a response; it directed NPS personnel how to effectively recognize and respond to Native American connections to parklands and highlighted the need for consultation with affected tribes. Dr. Muriel (Miki) Crespi, Chief Ethnographer of the NPS, was the author of this groundbreaking document. The policy guidance was integrated into the NPS Management Polices in 1988 to address the official NPS position regarding Native Americans, and became the foundation for the NPS applied anthropol...
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2007
This article examines local myth and folklore related to earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis in... more This article examines local myth and folklore related to earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis in oral traditions from Cascadia (part of the northern Pacific coast of North America) and in written traditions from Japan, particularly in the Edo (present-day Tokyo) region. Local folklore corresponds closely to geological evidence and geological events in at least some cases, and the symbolic language of myth and folklore can be a useful supplement to conventional geological evidence for constructing an accurate historical record of geological activity. At a deep, archetypical level, Japan, Cascadia, and many of the world's cultures appear to share similar themes in their conception of earthquakes. Although folklore from Cascadia is fragmentary, and the written record short, the evolution of Japanese earthquake folklore has been well documented over a long period of history and illustrates the interaction of folklore with dynamic social conditions.
Although scientific recognition of the earthquake hazard pre-sented by the Cascadia subduction zo... more Although scientific recognition of the earthquake hazard pre-sented by the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) is relatively recent, native peoples have lived on the Cascadia coast for thousands of years, transferring knowledge from generation
"Persons supplied with the proper appliances for carrying on a fishery might find it a p... more "Persons supplied with the proper appliances for carrying on a fishery might find it a profitable occupation " "At night all the Purseine boats used to anchor in Griffin Bay and some of the men would come up to the house and sing. Uncle George played the violin and Aunt Annie the piano. Uncle Frank called for the square dances." Caption on back of trap photo by Bill Jakle
As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has a responsibilit... more As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has a responsibility for most of our nationally-owned public lands and water resources; protecting our fish, wildlife, and biological diversity; preserving the environmental and cultural values or our national parks and historical places; and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to ensure that their development is in the best interests of all our people by encouraging stewardship and citizen participation in their care. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in the island territories under U.S. administration. Editing services provide by Intermountain Support Office – Santa Fe
From the Hands of a Weaver: Olympic Peninsula Basketry Through Time Edited by Jacilee Wray Norman... more From the Hands of a Weaver: Olympic Peninsula Basketry Through Time Edited by Jacilee Wray Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. xvi + 245pp. Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, Index. $40.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8061-4245-6.Native people have been weaving baskets on their traditional territories on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State for three thousand years. Today, weaving remains central to tribal identities, household economies, and even claims to contested lands. Elwha Klallam elder Ed Sampson humorously declared, "So this is where I left that basket[!]" (151-2) during his visit to the Olympic National Park, where an ancient fragment of a burden basket was revealed in 1993 by a retreating glacier. Now, most Native gathering of natural materials is prohibited in the area.The editor of this new volume, Jacilee Wray, an anthropologist for the Olympic National Park, has woven together her own contribution to native history in a collection of essays documenting the Peninsula's indigenous material culture through the millennia. Assembling an impressive group of authors-ethnographers, ecologists, and Native representatives of tribal cultures-Wray has produced what is arguably the most thorough and authoritative book ever published on basketry traditions in the Pacific Northwest.In two introductory essays, Wray presents an overview of the aboriginal and intercultural aspects of indigenous basketry in this far corner of the United States, a region noted for its maritime edge environments, towering trees, alpine terrain, and abundant rainfall. In "The Weaver as Artist," she urges readers to think beyond early ethnographic abstractions of tribal traditions that presented weavers as anonymous vehicles for the continuity of ancient practices, and instead consider Native women as individual artists with names, family connections, and unique motives. They are human beings who inherited traditional methods, but became masters of the practice through their own personal expressions of artistic creativity, always experimenting and reinterpreting basketry design and technique.In the essay that follows, Wray offers a thorough historical context for understanding local basketry production, particularly in relation to emergent market forces including the desires of non-Native collectors and the growing recognition of Indian material culture as the nation's distinctive contribution to global decorative arts. By the 1880s, it was the agency of Native women and families that initiated an indigenous craft industry for wider consumption, as they brought basketry to the attention of Indian agents and the buying public, and facilitated important exchange relations with trading posts, curio shops, anthropologists, and everyday consumers who encountered basket sellers on the sidewalks of nearby urban areas. By the mid-1950s, the opening of Highway 101, which encircled the Olympic Mountains, dramatically enhanced tourism around the newly established Olympic National Park, and increased consumer visits to nearby Native communities and stores that sold Native-produced goods. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1935 (Public Law 74-355), in combination with the encouragement of Indian Commissioner John Collier and several Northwest anthropologists, further helped to stimulate appreciation of Native basketry and increase economic opportunities for weavers into the post-war era.The volume's midsection includes five essays which divide the tribal traditions of the Klallam, Twana, Quinault, Quileute and Hoh, and Makah; each essay is written by a scholar with intimate familiarity with their respective culture and its individual weavers. …
... assisted the authors, and we would like to thank them: Shane Bowechop, Carol Brown, Beatrice ... more ... assisted the authors, and we would like to thank them: Shane Bowechop, Carol Brown, Beatrice Charles, Ed Claplanhoo, Rhonda Foster, Helen ... We would also like to thank Dave Conca, Richard Daugherty, Paul Gleeson, Roger Hoffman, Tim Montler, Aaron Scrol, Brian Winter ...
... In 2002, Kat Anderson began a study to document the historic land use patterns within the Oze... more ... In 2002, Kat Anderson began a study to document the historic land use patterns within the Ozette ... about burning of the cranberry bogs in Tsoo Yess Prairie from his dad Lloyd Colfax: ... Bob Bowlby, Bud and Vera Klock, Kate McCarty, Jim Wesseler, and Ed and Catherine Wilbur. ...
In 1987, a document titled " Native American Relationships Management Policy " was rele... more In 1987, a document titled " Native American Relationships Management Policy " was released for public comment by means of a Federal Register notice. This document was precedent-setting because it articulated the National Park Service's (NPS's) responsibility for addressing issues involving Native Americans and national parks. For the first time, NPS personnel were provided with direction to effectively recognize and consult with Native Am-ericans who had connections to parklands. Muriel (" Miki ") Crespi, the NPS chief ethnographer, finalized this groundbreaking document. Portions of this policy were included in the 1988 NPS Management Polices to formalize the agency's official position regarding Native Americans, which became the catalyst for the NPS ethnography program. This essay focuses on the development of the NPS ethnography program, taken from Crespi's own documentation (Crespi 2002) and the recollections of the authors, who are anthropol...
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