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  • Tribal Tourism Development on American Indian Reservations in the Western United States

    Creator:
    Browne, Rita-Jean
    Abstract:
    In their search for viable economic development opportunities, many American Indian tribes have focused their attention toward tourism development on their reservation lands. In many cases, the greatest potential for economic development and attracting income to the reservations lies in tourist trade. Although tourism may not be a tribe's primary...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    ......................................... 71 B. Supplemental Data Source Information ................. 74 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1

  • An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

    Creator:
    McFarland, Janine Ruth
    Abstract:
    During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    APPENDICES A X-Ray Flourescence Analysis Results 163 B Obsidian Hydration Analysis Results 169 C Lithic

  • Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

    Creator:
    Morita, Sally J.
    Abstract:
    The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Champoeg, a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon, 1830-1861

    Creator:
    Speulda-Drews, Lou Ann
    Abstract:
    Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a transportation center for both river and overland travel and as a shipping point for agricultural products. Retired employees of the Hudson's Bay Company were the first to settle in the area, in the 1830s. American settlers began arriving in large numbers...
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    Masters Thesis
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    valley close to present-day Salem; and, finally, Jean Baptiste Desportes McKay established a farm west

  • Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Havercroft, Francine M.
    Abstract:
    During the summer of 1981, Oregon State University archaeologically tested three prehistoric sites on the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Among the sites tested were typical Willamette Valley floodplain and adjacent upland sites. Most settlement-subsistence pattern models proposed for the Willamette Valley have been generated with data from the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence Patterns References Cited APPENDIX A: APPENDIX B: APPENDIX C

  • Conditions in the Oregon Commercial Fishery Based on the Salmon, Crab and Shrimp Industries from 1967 to 1980

    Creator:
    Lewis, Mary J
    Abstract:
    Changes in the Oregon salmon, crab and shrimp fisheries were documented from 1967 to 1980. The related socio-economic conditions in fishing communities were described. Trends indicated that the overall importance of fisheries to port communities has declined and ports are not planning for an increase in the fishing industry. Chinook...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , 2 Smith's (19714.b) study of the fish fights on the Columbia is one example. In 1965, fishermen

  • Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

    Creator:
    Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
    Abstract:
    Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Frontier Prostitution 318 BIBLIOGRAPHY 323 APPENDIX A 332 APPENDIX B 339 APPENDIX C 345 KEY FOR TABLES

  • Log cabin construction techniques in western Siskiyou County, 1850-1935 : their function and ethnic origins

    Creator:
    Abusaidi, Ali
    Abstract:
    Under the sponsorship of the Klamath National Forest, 25 log cabins which were built in western Siskiyou County between 1850 and 1937 were located and studied. First, 11 exterior dimensions of these cabins were selected, measured and recorded. Then 26 building elements were identified for the purpose of finding whether...
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    Masters Thesis
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    PLANS 94 Appendix III: TABLE A: SOURCES FOR ETHNIC TRAIT ORIGINS . 272 TABLE B: INDEX OF ETHNIC TRAIT