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  • 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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    ), Ichishkiin (or Sahaptin) and Kiksht (Wasco). They develop teaching materials and curriculum and organize

  • Geoarchaeology at Tseriadun (35CU7), Curry County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Anderson, Frederick C.
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    The continuation of geoarchaeological investigations at Tseriadun (35CU7) contributes to the understanding of the site's depositional history and the associated environments, thereby identifying the long term geomorphic change in the area and providing the environmental context for local human activity as it is reflected in the archaeological record. Meeting this...
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    : Geoarchaeology at Tseriadun (35CU7), Curry County, Oregon. Abstract approved: I ~ Signature redacted for

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

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    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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    place like Lincoln County could not compete. Smallholding farmers either consolidated landholdings or

  • From teacups to lumber : archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland Site (35BE90), Corvallis, Oregon

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    Kanaby, Kara M.
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    This thesis describes the archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland site (35BE90) in Corvallis, Oregon. The Copeland site is owned by the Benton County Historical Society and is the future home of the Benton County Historical Museum. In 2001, an Oregon State University archaeological field school was conducted...
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    site (35BE90) in Corvallis, Oregon. The Copeland site is owned by the Benton County Historical Society

  • American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

    Creator:
    Habiger, Sheldon
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    This thesis examines the values and criteria American companies use in hiring or placing expatriate employees in China. These values and criteria affect the success or failure of expatriate employees and a company's bottom line - profitability. Investigating this topic required an examination of the history of the political, economic,...
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    ' Criteria and Values for Hiring or Placing Expatriate Employees in China. Abstract approved: Young This

  • To grow or to buy : food staples and cultural identity in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes

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    Karnes, Daniel A.
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    In this era of free trade and globalization, food is traveling greater and greater distances to its consumers. This is causing small farms and small farmers all over the world to protest as their livelihood is being undercut by cheap agricultural commodities from outside their communities. In the Ecuadorian Andes,...
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    . Title: To Grow or To Buy: Food Staples and Cultural Identity in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes

  • The Bachman Cave (10-OE0565) point typology, Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho

    Creator:
    Chavarria, Juan C.
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    In the past, archaeological investigations have recovered material culture that have often been stored as museum property without a focused analysis or written report of the results. This study focuses on one such assemblage ofchipped stone projectile points from the Bachman Cave locality of southwestern Idaho that has been stored...
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    -OE-565) Point Typology, Owhee County, Southwestern Idaho. Abstract approved: Barbara J. Roth In the

  • Forest restoration and fuels reduction on non-industrial private land in northwestern California

    Creator:
    Latimer, Lisa Marie
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    This thesis explores the complexity of relationships between communities and the ecosystems in which they live through a focus on forest restoration and fuels reduction on private land. As a case study, research took place in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of rural Northern California, in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. The research...
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    Fire History in the Humboldt County Portion of the Research 43 Area (USDA Forest Service 2003

  • Factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Korean American women

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    Skidmore, Jennifer M.
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    This study examines the utilization of health care by Korean American women in Pierce County, Washington. Pierce County, with its large population of Asian Americans, offers a variety of health care options, everything from biomedicine to acupuncture and herbal remedies. Regarding the multitude of options available, I asked the question...
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    utilization of health care by Korean American women in Pierce County, Washington. Pierce County, with its

  • Local resilience, canola cropping, and biodiesel production

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    Bates, Christopher Allen
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    New technology may have negative, as well as positive, effects on a sociocultural system. Biodiesel is growing in popularity as a fuel alternative that addresses global warming and reduces dependency on petroleum. The biodiesel innovation fits well into the existing behavioral infrastructure of Linn and Benton Counties, Oregon. The introduction...
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    and identity that is maintained or emerges in the face of social-ecological challenges and