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  • Drum Languages and Their Messages

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    Jewett, Susan E.
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    With over 800 languages spoken on the continent of Africa, inter-cultural communication has always been difficult. In addition, many of the peoples of Africa have experienced colonial oppression. Various powers have sought to interfere with intra-cultural dialogues and the free flow of information. Their effectiveness, however, was limited because of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    THESIS OF Susan E. Jewett for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies: Anthropology

  • Contrastive Analysis in Second-Language Teaching : Spanish Suprasegmentals

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    Hart, Dianne Walta, 1939-
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    Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this exploratory study is to find an accepted methodology for teaching second-language suprasegrnentals by investigating the question of whether or not the use of contrastive analysis is superior to another method that does not use contrastive analysis. Specifically, the comparison of methods is...
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    of some sounds which are not used in the mother tongue."31 E. J. Brire argue that difficul- ties of

  • Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

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    Morita, Sally J.
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    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"...
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    Chairman of Department f History Redacted for Privacy Dean of Grad e School I Date thesis is presented

  • A 1974 perspective of art interest among students enrolled in basic college art courses between 1968 and 1970

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    Hardin, Priscilla
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    It can be hypothesized that the degree to which students value learning in the visual arts influences the amount of involvement in art oriented activities that will be pursued in later years. This investigation has compared former college students° valuations of the Basic Design course with levels of art interest...
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    1968 AND 1970 Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Mark ..e." Sponenburgh 4o0v It can be

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

    Creator:
    Lewis, Mary J
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    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...
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    fishery can be delineated in the same way as the U .S . U at jo al N ar in e F is h, S er vi

  • Analysis of two late-prehistoric archeological sites on the upper Applegate River of southern Oregon

    Creator:
    MacDonald, Lynne Bright
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    Excavation of two archeological sites, 353A47 and 35JA49, in the upper Applegate River Valley of southwestern Oregon was conducted in 1978 by the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University. Site 353A47 is a multi-component site, of which only the late-prehistoric stratum, containing one complete and two partial housepits and a...
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  • The Yakima Indians : study and analysis of the Yakima water rights

    Creator:
    Selam, Leroy Bennie
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    This thesis is an ethnohistoric study of the water rights of the Yakima Confederated Tribes. The study considers the water rights issues of the Yakimas from the cultural viewpoint at the time of European contact to the present legal and political situation. It traces the many obstacles the Yakimas have...
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    was to be the father of Kamiakin traveled west. Splawn says that Ja-ya-yah-e-ha, to be father of

  • The Kwakiutl totem pole and its symbolic value

    Creator:
    Mauze, Marie-France
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    The antiquity of the Northwest Coast Indian pole is the subject of a great deal of controversy. A few viewpoints referring to that topic are given. The symbolic value of the Kwakiutl totem pole is examined with respect to art, style and culture; more generally "primitive" art is considered as...
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    deterioration by the weather. According to E. Keithan in Monuments of Cedar, it is almost impossible to rely

  • Pottery manufacture analysis : an experimental means for assessing technological continuity in the Altamont region

    Creator:
    Stoltz, Arleyn Winifred
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    Pottery manufacture analysis, an aspect of experimental archeology, is developed and used to compare and test through experimental reconstruction, data on pottery from the Altamont region (southern Alberta, Canada and northcentral Montana, U.S.). The analysis uses major variables of (1) manufacturing process and (2) product characteristics to formulate models of...
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    Complex 98 Appendix D, Ethnographic Accounts 100 Appendix E, Materials Used in Experiments 103 Clays 103

  • Desegregation, integration and the charter of Portland Public Schools

    Creator:
    Doyle, Judith Helene
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    Portland Public School District and in particular Jefferson High School are examined in a functionalist framework to determine the extent to which they meet community needs. B. Malinowski's functionalist theory is employed to analyze desegregation and integration policies and actions of the Portland Public School District and Jefferson High School,...
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    is gratefully appreciated. J. H. Doyle TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION