In an earlier article, I wrote about how anthropologenic fire-setting by Native American peoples was good for the land. I suggested that even the
Author: David G. Lewis, PhD
OSU Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies & Indigenous Studies. Member of the Grand Ronde Tribe, Takelma, Chinook, Molalla, and Santiam Kalapuya. Professional consultant, educator and researcher.
I teach at local universities and colleges and take contracts with tribes, local governments and nonprofits. I have experience in archival organization, museum development, exhibit curation, traditional cultural property nomination, tribal ethnohistoric research, tribal maps, traditional ecological knowledge, and presentations to large and small gatherings. Contact me for consultation about any of these projects.
10,000+ Years of Paiute Homelands
The New York Times is weighing in with an editorial and they suggest that the militia is misreading history. Yet in the article there is
A True History of the Malheur Region
After listening to the Think Out Loud radio interview this morning I had a few thoughts. The interviewee, a member of the militant militia that
Re-analyzing the Allotments at Grand Ronde
For years now few new details about our allotments at the Grand Ronde tribe have come to light. Our allotment system, created for all tribes
Economic Disease, Death, and Starvation at the Western Oregon Indian Reservations in 1857
In 1856, most of the tribes of western Oregon had been removed to the Grand Ronde and Coast Reservations. There were a number of tribes