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  • Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

    Creator:
    Purdy, Sarah E.
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    For centuries humans have been searching for precious metals. The search for gold has greatly changed the landscape of the American West, beginning in the 1850s and continuing today. Various gold rushes around the country created mining colonies in remote areas, thereby connecting the frontier with the rest of America...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Microsoft Word - Sarah Purdy Thesis 3

  • Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

    Creator:
    Cunningham, Sarah E.
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    This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out-migration and finds that the central problem is one of persistent class difference in this rural Oregon town. The research that informs this dissertation was conducted in a rural community of approximately 2300 residents in Eastern Oregon, here called Talltown....
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      AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Sarah E. Cunningham for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • The role of radical action in the animal rights movement

    Creator:
    Pettinen, Katja
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    Past research has categorized animal rights groups into three main categories; conservative, moderate, and radical. While a few studies exist on the animal rights movement as a whole, none have focused specifically on the radical groups. This research project uses an ethnography of communication approach to examine how language constructs...
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    the Animal Rights Movement Abstract approvL ( \ Joan E. Gross Past research has categorized animal

  • An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

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    Opas, Matthew E.
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    Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...
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    AN ABSRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew E. Opas for the degree of

  • Foodways at Fort Yamhill, 1856-1866 : an archaeological and archival perspective

    Creator:
    Eichelberger, Justin E.
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    Fort Yamhill, located in the eastern foothills of the Oregon Coast Range near modern day Grand Ronde, Oregon, was a U.S. Army post established in March 1856 as part of a three fort system to guard the newly established Coast Reservation and to provide a Union presence in the state...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Justin E. Eichelberger for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied

  • Using computers for reversing language shift : ethical and pragmatic implications from a Wasco case study

    Creator:
    Denis, Armelle
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    Indigenous languages worldwide are rapidly disappearing, forced out of use by the spread of dominant Western culture and its languages. On the Warm Springs reservation of Oregon, the Culture and Heritage department, the tribal agency in charge of language preservation, is offering instruction in all three languages of the reservation:...
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    Language Shift: Ethical and Pragmatic Implications from a Wasco Case Study. Abstract approved: Joan E

  • Alternative agrifood movements in an age of industrialized agriculture : an Ecuadorian case study

    Creator:
    Daye, Rebecka Rising
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    Around the globe, an array of alternative agrifood movements has emerged largely in response to the ecological and socio-economic threat caused by industrialized agricultural processes. From organic agriculture, to Slow Food, Locavore, and the Food Sovereignty movement, people around the world are reasserting their right to healthy and culturally appropriate...
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    Joan E. Gross Around the globe, an array of alternative agrifood movements has emerged

  • Reclaiming space for small scale agriculture in Lincoln County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Gossen, Kimberly A.
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    As recent interest has grown in the connections between how food is produced, distributed and consumed, and the overall health of food systems for people and the environment, a movement toward localizing food systems has emerged. In Lincoln County, Oregon, citizens, restaurateurs and university extension faculty, among others, have started...
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    Abstract approved: Joan E. Gross Garry O. Stephenson

  • The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

    Creator:
    Stone, Helen Delight
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    Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
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    Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant, an unique example

  • Chronic low back pain : patient perceptions and treatment trajectories in Australia's medical system

    Creator:
    Miller, Carissa (Carissa Marie)
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    The perplexing condition of chronic pain, particularly low back pain, is the catalyst for interest in this research project. It is specifically focused on treatment trajectories of individuals experiencing chronic low back pain. The predominant interest is the utilization of alternative treatments and that of mainstream medicine (also referred to...
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