Anthropology as a science grew out of needs of colonizing countries to gain more information about the frontier. The United States in the early 19th
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Popular American Cultural Theft of Totem Poles
The story of the Ritz Sauna Totem pole is rich with cultural history. The Ritz Sauna has been associated with the Oregon Country Fair since
Decolonizing Anthropology: Comprehensive Exam Practice
Describe what is meant when anthropology is labeled “colonial.” Anthropology has aided colonization by dehumanizing and stereotyping Natives, by causing an erasure of Native history
Foundations of American Ethnography of the Northwest Coast: Comprehensive Exam Practice
Area 2: Ethnographic Accounts of Pacific Northwest Native peoples This subject entails the discourse and dialogue between Native peoples and societies and ethnographers on
Kalapuyan Eyewitnesses to the Megaflood in the Willamette Valley
Native oral history is based on actual historic events of their tribal past. For the Kalapuyans this is also true. Some 15,000 to 12,000 years