Ethnic Studies

Teaching Experience

Sole Instructor

Oregon State University, Instruction Contract 2018-2019

(additional classes taught)

                    Ethnic Studies - Intro to Native Studies - Ecampus (Fall 2018, W/Sp/Su/F 2019)

                    Anthropology - Contemporary Indian Issues (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)

                    Ethnic Studies -Native North Americans (Fall, spring 2013)

          Ethnic Studies - Native North Americans, Alaskan Natives (fall 2014)

         University of Oregon

Native North Americans (summer 2017, spring 2014, spring 2013, spring 2012, spring 2006)

Oregon Tribal Termination (spring 2007)

        Willamette University

                    Native North American Cultures (fall 2015, winter 2008)

        Western Oregon University

                    Oregon Native Culture and History (spring 2013)

          Portland State University

                    History of American Indian Cultures (winter 2011)

         Mt. Hood Community College

Introduction to Anthropology (summer, fall 2016; summer, fall 2017, Spring 2018)

Chemeketa Community College

Introduction to Archaeology (spring, summer, fall 2015; winter, spring, summer, fall 2016, 2017; Spring 2018)

Introduction to Anthropology (Spring 2016, 2017)

          Linfield College

                    People and Cultures- the Native Americans - Ecampus (fall 2009)

Co-Instructor

University of Oregon

Indigenous Studies of the Americas, with Lynn Stephen (spring 2006)

Working with Oregon Tribes, with Teresa O’Nell (fall 2012, fall 2011)

Oregon State University

Tribal Archives and Records Management Institute, with Larry Landis, Natalie Fernandez, Jennifer O’Neil (summer 2012)

           Native American Archival Research, with Deanna Kingston (2003)

Teaching Assistant: University of Oregon

Department of Anthropology & Knight Library Special Collections and University Archives

          Southwest Oregon Research Project & Archival Collection. (2000-2006)

          Department of Anthropology

          Introduction to Anthropology (1999)

         International Studies Program

          Cross-Cultural Communications (Winter 1997, Fall 1997)

Specialized Teaching

2016-2017    Straub Environmental Center, TEK sections

2017             Calapooia River Watershed Council, TEK sections

2017             Long Tom Watershed Council, TEK workshop, Education

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: Sept. 2006- Dec. 2014

• Department Manager, Cultural Resources Department
  • Cultural Resources Administrator: Archaeological Protection, THPO development, program policies, Cultural archives development, History research, Museum planning, regional consultation, planning, grant writing, policy writing, annual budget management, supervised up to 20 people.
  • Field Research at NARA Seattle, Oregon Historical Society, Douglas County Museum
• Tribal Historian/Cultural Exhibits and Archives Manager
  • Grand Ronde History Conference Administration (2), Exhibits curator, Archival development
  • Grand Ronde Education Curriculum Consultation and content writer.
• Tribal Museum Curator/Cultural Liaison
  • Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center: Planning, policies, fundraising, staff training, collections management, exhibit curation, archival field research

Interpretive Projects

• Tribal Interpretive Ceded Lands signs project: Director, researched, and curated 21 projects
• Exhibit Curation: Created program and trained staff for future museum curation program, arranged collaborative arrangements with five regional museums, curated numerous exhibits at the Grand Ronde Tribe

Ethnohistory Research, LLC Owner/Principal Consultant, 2014- present

        Spanish History of Early Oregon Territory: Ongoing consultation, 2019

• Linn County Historical Museum, Brownsville: Consultation and narrative research and writing for Kalapuyans exhibit 2018-2019
• Washington County Historical Society Museum. PCC Rock Creek: Consultant, presenter, The Kalapuyans,This is Their land.
• Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Traditional Cultural Property Nomination of Coos Bay- 2018
• Coquille Indian Tribe: Research and narrative writing for Two Traditional Cultural Property Nominations of Battle Rock and Grandmother Rock-2017
• Tolowa Dee’ni Nation Tribal Consultation: Tribal cultural regional research- 2015
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: Joel Palmer Journals transcription and editing-2015
• Watershed Consultations: Calapooia River Watershed & Long Tom River Watershed consultations, educational programs, presentations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, interpretive signs

• River Road School, Eugene: consultation on Tribal art, imagery, and historical signage
• Cedar Mill Heritage Center: Planning and advisory for heritage center development, manuscript editing, cultural essays about Kalapuya tribes
• Place Naming: Facilitated these names: Tilikum Crossing (Portland), Whilamut Passage (I-5 at Eugene), Kalapuya Elementary (Salem), Khanamokst Park (Portland), Chifin Native Center (Springfield)
• Government Collections Archival Studies: Research in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, National Archives Records Administration, Oregon Historical Society Library, Grand Ronde Cultural Collection, University collections, Preparation of history projects and books.
• Continuous Field Research in the Oregon Territorial Records, and the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs microfilm series M2, M234, etc.