Curriculum Vitae
December 2001
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I. Biographical Information |
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Date of Birth: |
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August 3, 1935 |
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Military Service: |
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US Army 1954-1962; Honorable Discharge |
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Married: |
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Candace Arroyo de Walker, Six Children |
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II. Education |
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1964 |
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Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Oregon |
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1962 |
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Washington State University, Summer School in Ethnology
and Linguistics |
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1961-1962 |
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Archaeological Excavations on the John Day River, Central Oregon |
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1961 |
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University of Oregon, Summer School in Archaeology. John
Day River Excavation, Eugene, Oregon |
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1960-1961 |
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B.A., Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon |
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1958-1959 |
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Mexico City College, Mexico, D.F. (University of the Americas)
Ethnographic and Linguistic Field Research in the Valley of Mexico |
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1956-1958 |
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Eastern Oregon College, LaGrande, Oregon |
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1953-1954 |
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Eastern Oregon College, LaGrande, Oregon |
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1951-1953 |
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Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union, Virginia |
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III. University Appointments |
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1992-present |
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Professor, Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in
America / Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder |
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1982 |
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Lecturer, Summer Institute on Native American Religion
Department of Religious Studies University of Colorado, Boulder |
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1973-1976 |
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Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of
Colorado, Boulder |
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1971-1997 |
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Research Associate, Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow |
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1970-1973 |
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Instructor, University of Colorado on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota |
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1969-present |
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Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder
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1969-1974 |
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Research Associate, Population Processes Program -
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder |
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1967-1969 |
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Research Collaborator, Washington State University,
Pullman and Idaho State University, Pocatello |
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1967-1969 |
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Chairman, Associate Professor and Director, Laboratory of
Anthropology Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Idaho,
Moscow |
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1965-1967 |
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Washington State
University, Pullman |
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1964-1965 |
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, The George Washington
University, Washington, DC |
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1961-1962 |
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Research Assistant (Archaeology), University of Oregon, Eugene |
IV. Areas of Specialization
· Acculturation and Cultural Change
· Natural and Cultural Resources
· Sacred Geography
· Fisheries
· Water
· Applied Anthropology
· Legal Anthropology
· Cultural and Environmental Impact Studies
· Anthropology of Education and Health Research
· Community Development
· Demography
· Ethnographic Reconstruction and Description
· Ethnology of Northwestern North America -- Plateau, Northwestern Plains, and Northern Great Basin
· Ethnological Theory and Method
· Ethnohistory
· Religion, Folklore, and Language
· Cultures of the Southwest: Hispanic, Hopi, and Navajo
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V. Honors and Awards |
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2001 |
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Acknowledgement by the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee for Successful Efforts to Protect and Preserve the Sacred Sovereignty of the Nez Perce Tribe. Affirmed in U.S. v. Webb and upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. |
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2000 |
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Honorary Award of the "High Plains Society for
Applied Anthropology" in honor of being a member of the original steering
committee. |
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1995 |
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Commendation by Governor Lowry, State of Washington, for
Service in the HEDR Project, Hanford, Washington. |
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1995 |
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Commendation Letter from SfAA for activities as Program
Chair of 1995 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
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1994 |
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The Omer C. Stewart Memorial Award In Recognition of
Exemplary Achievement, from the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology.
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1994 |
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Best Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder |
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1989-1995 |
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Nomination for various teaching awards at the University
of Colorado, Boulder. |
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1989 |
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Formal Citation for "Outstanding Volunteer Efforts on the Chief Tendoy Cemetery Project" from the Bureau of Land Management, Salmon District, Idaho, January 1989. |
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1989 |
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Certificate of Award by the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma in
Recognition and Appreciation of Assistance in Securing Enactment of the
Nebraska Unmarked Burial Sites and Skeletal Remains Protection Act, October
9, 1989, Nebraska, L.B. 340. |
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1989 |
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National Award by the Bureau of Land Management
"Volunteers for the Public Lands." Given for Outstanding
Contributions to the Conservation of Cultural Resources on Public Lands
associated with the Tendoy Cemetery and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho.
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1988-1995 |
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Appointment to the Technical Steering Panel (TSP) for
the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project (HEDRP), Hanford,
Washington. |
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1988 |
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Invited Testimony on "Amending the American Indian
Religious Freedom Act," Before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on
Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
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1988 |
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Invited Keynote Address to the Newberry Library Conference
on American Indian Religious Freedom, Chicago. |
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1987 |
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Invited Keynote Address Presented to the Harvard Workshop
on Sacred Geography, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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1986 |
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Invited Keynote Address, Northwestern Anthropological
Conference "Anthropology and the Law: American Indians and Cultural
Resource Management," Moscow, Idaho. |
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1984 |
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Nomination for Solon T. Kimball Award in Applied
Anthropology. |
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1982 |
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Life Membership in the Society for Applied Anthropology.
Awarded in 1982 for contributions to the Society and to the field of Applied
Anthropology. |
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1982 |
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Invited Keynote Address, "Legal and Political History
of the Indians of Idaho," Idaho State Legislature, Boise, Idaho. |
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1973-1981 |
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Administrative duties associated with being Editor of Human Organization, Treasurer of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Associate Editor of the American Anthropologist, and Associate Dean of the Graduate School. |
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1972 |
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Invited Keynote Address: "The American Indian in
Transition--Past as Prologue," Idaho State University, Pocatello. |
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1970 |
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Invited Keynote Address: "The Ethics Controversy in
Anthropology," Annual Meeting, Northwestern Anthropological Conference,
Corvallis, Oregon. |
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1968 |
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Sigma Xi Prize for Best Research Contribution, University
of Idaho, Moscow. |
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1967 |
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Sigma Xi Prize for Best Research Contribution, University of Idaho, Moscow. |
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1965-1996 |
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Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology. |
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1965 |
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Fellow, American Anthropological Association. |
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1962 |
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Cressman Prize for Best Essay in Anthropology, University
of Oregon, Eugene. |
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1961-1964 |
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NDEA Fellow, University of Oregon, Eugene. |
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1961 |
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NSF Research Fellow (Archaeology), Summer, University of
Oregon, Eugene. |
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1961 |
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B.A. with Honors, University of Oregon, Eugene. |
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VI. Editorial
Appointments |
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1995-Fall, 2004 |
Editor, High Plains Applied Anthropologist, High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology. |
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1994-1998 |
Editorial Board Member, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy. |
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1973-1974 |
Associate Editor, American Anthropologist, American Anthropological Association. |
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1971-1998 |
Editor, Handbook of North American Indians, Plateau Volume. Smithsonian Institution. |
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1970-1976 |
Editor, Human Organization, Society for Applied Anthropology. |
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1966-present |
Founder and Co-Editor, with Roderick Sprague, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes (Journal of Northwest Anthropology), Moscow, University of Idaho. |
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VII. Editorial Consultation |
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1967-present |
Continuing consultation with the University of Idaho Press, University of Oklahoma Press, and various commercial presses as well as the Canadian Encyclopedia, the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution, and Readers Digest in developing and producing authoritative works on the North American Indian topics, e.g., America's Fascinating Indian Heritage, and Handbook of North American Indians. |
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VIII. Memberships and Offices in
Professional Societies |
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1994-1995 |
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Program Chair, Society for Applied Anthropology,
Albuquerque |
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1980-Present |
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High Plains, Society for Applied Anthropology |
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1979-1980 |
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Chair of Organizing Committee, High Plains Society for
Applied Anthropology |
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1976-1979 |
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Treasurer, Society for Applied Anthropology |
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1970-1979 |
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Executive Committee, Society of Applied Anthropology |
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1970-Present |
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Northwest Anthropological Conference |
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1969-Present |
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American Indian Development, Academic Advisor 1980-1982 |
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1967-1985 |
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American Academy of Political and Social Sciences |
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1965-Present |
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Society for Applied Anthropology |
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1966-Present |
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American Anthropological Association |
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1966-1985 |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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1965-1985 |
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Sigma Xi |
IX. Research
Groups and Sponsoring Agencies
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Cheyenne-Araphao Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Pine Ridge Sioux Rosebud Sioux Tribe Assiniboine-Sioux, Ft. Peck Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Shoshone--Arapaho, Wind River Shoshone-Bannock, Ft. Hall Shoshone-Bannock, Lemhi Shoshone-Paiute, Duck Valley Indian Reservation Shoshone-Paiute, Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone, Fallon Great Lakes Tribes |
Northern Paiute-Burns Hopi Blackfeet Coeur d’Alene Kalispel/Pend d’Oreille Confederated Colville Tribes Spokane Navajo Nez Perce Plateau: Salishan and Sahaptian Tribes Washoe Yakama Flathead (Bitterroot Salish) |
Non-Tribal Groups and Agencies
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Bureau of Land Management HEDR Project. (DOE and CDC) Pueblo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Native American Church of North America Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Bureau of Reclamation Department of Justice Native American Rights Fund National Endowment for the Humanities Housing and Urban Development Science Applications International Corporation |
Indian Legal Services Organizations in the following states: |
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California, Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota, Alabama, Utah, Oregon, Washington |
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Board of Missions, United Presbyterian Church |
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in the USA |
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Northwest Power Planning Council National Science Foundation Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Health Service Department of Defense-Air Combat Command |
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X. Current Research Projects
2001- present Yakama Tribe. A Critical Examination of the Department of the Interior’s Decision to Repatriate the Kennewick Human Remains.
2001-present Compilation and Annotation of Migration and Other Anthropological Studies Using American Indian Genetic Materials. For the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management.
2001-present Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan. Idaho Army National Guard and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
2001-present Rio Tinto Cultural Resource Assessment
for Mining Impacts on Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
2001-present Pauite-Shoshone. Prehistory and Oral Tradition in the Great Basin: The Spirit Cave Repatriation.
2001-present Fallon Paiute Tribe. A Critical Evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management’s Evidence for Determination of Cultural Affiliation of Ancient Human Remains from Spirit Cave, Nevada, by Barker, Ellis, and Damadio (July 26, 2000).
2001 Great Lakes Tribes. Milwaukee Indian Community School. Expert Testimony for Classification as a Religious Institution. Indian Community School of Milwaukee, Inc., and Carmen Bond, and Patricia Petzold-Heim. Case No. 30-CA-14687 and Case No. 30-CA-14778.
2000-present BLM-Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. Brownlee-Paddock Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research.
2000-present NAGPRA in Southern Idaho: An Ethnographic Assessment of BLM Shoshone-Paiute Archaeological Collections. Ethnographic Research Conducted during 1980-1999.
2000-present Washoe. A Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Leviathan Mine Impacts.
2000-present Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Cultural Assessment of CRST uses of Riparian Habitats and Resources: A Feasibility Determination Report for Assessment of Mining Impacts on the Cheyenne River and its Resources.
2000-present Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. A Preliminary Ethnographic Impact Assessment of the Armstrong County Gunnery Range and its Impacts on the Cheyenne River Tribe.
2000-present Navajo. Applied Anthropology and Navajo Education: The Leupp Case Study.
2000-present Critical Assessment of the Use of mtDNA
and Y-Chromosome Testing for Determining American
Indian Cultural Affiliation.
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XI. Publications (*Peer Reviewed) |
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*2000 |
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Other Perspectives on the Kennewick Man Controversy: A Few
Observations. In American
Anthropologist December, 2000. With Peter N. Jones. |
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Anthropology, Tribes, and The Transformation of American
Anthropology: A Few Observations. In High Plains Applied Anthropologist Vol.20, No.1, Spring, 2000.
With Peter N. Jones. |
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Implementing the Multicultural Curriculum. In Northwest Anthropological Research Notes
Vol. 32, No. 2. With Peter N. Jones. |
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*1999 |
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"A Revisionist View of Julian Steward from the
Northern Great Basin." In Julian Steward
and the Great Basin: The Making of an Anthropologist. Clemmer, Richard et
al. Salt Lake, University of Utah
Press. |
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*1998 |
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Introduction. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 12, Plateau. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office. |
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*1998 |
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History Until 1846. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 12, Plateau. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office. With Roderick Sprague. |
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*1998 |
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Nez Perce. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 12, Plateau. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office. |
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*1998 |
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The Native American Church, by Deward E. Walker, Jr. In “Religious Movements,” by Deward E. Walker, Jr. and Helen H. Schuster. In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 12, Plateau. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 1998. |
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*1998 |
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Nez Perce Coyote
Tales. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press. |
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*1996 |
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"The Yakama System of Trade and Exchange." Northwest Anthropological Research Notes. |
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*1995 |
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Transport Factors in Fish: A Review and Evaluation of HEDR
Project Columbia River Pathway Modeling and Dose Calculation Procedures.
Report prepared for the Technical Steering Panel of the Hanford Environmental
Dose Reconstruction Project, December 1995. |
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*1995 |
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"A Review Essay of Post-Modernism and Anthropology by Karin Geuijen, Diederick
Raven, and Jan de Wolf." With Daniel N. Mathews. Contemporary Philosophy (17)3:32-36. |
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*1994 |
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Blood of the
Monster: The Nez Perce Coyote Cycle. Worland, WY, High Plains Publishing
Company, Inc. 244 pp. approx. With Daniel N. Mathews. |
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1994 |
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Introduction to the 1994 edition of Half-Sun on the Columbia by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown.
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press. |
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*1994 |
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"Non-Verbal Communication in the Classroom: Anglo Teachers and Native American Students." High Plains Applied Anthropologist. (14)1: 51-70. With Linda C. Gorsuch. |
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*1994 |
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"Anthropologists and Native Americans." In Native America in the Twentieth Century:
An Encyclopedia. New York, Garland Publishing. |
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*1994 |
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"Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation." In Native America in
the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. New York, Garland Publishing. |
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*1994 |
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"Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation." In Native America in
the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. New York, Garland Publishing. |
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*1994 |
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"Nez Perce." In Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. New
York, Garland Publishing. |
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*1994 |
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"Coeur d'Alene." In Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. New
York, Garland Publishing. |
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*1994 |
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"Kutenai at Bonners Ferry." In Native America in the Twentieth Century:
An Encyclopedia. New York, Garland Publishing. |
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*1993 |
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"The Shoshone-Bannock: An Anthropological
Reassessment." Northwest
Anthropological Research Notes. Vol. 27(2). |
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*1993 |
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"Lemhi Shoshone-Bannock Reliance on Anadromous and
Other Fish Resources." Northwest
Anthropological Research Notes 27(2). |
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*1992 |
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"Productivity of Tribal Dipnet Fishermen at Celilo Falls: Analysis of the Joe Pinkham Fish Buying Records." Northwest Anthropological Research Notes. Volume |