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  • Ku on the Columbia : Hawaiian laborers in the Pacific Northwest Fur Industry

    Creator:
    Rogers, Donnell J.
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    Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of ethnic groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from 1810 through 1850. The Hudson's Bay Company employed them at Ft. Vancouver, Washington from 1825 through the end of this period. Data from the excavations of the servant's village...
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    approved_Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of

  • Dress and acculturation among the Russian Old Believers in Oregon

    Creator:
    Johnson, Patricia White
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    The Russian Old Believers in Oregon maintain a manner of dress which distinguishes them in the communities in which they live. Originating as a group because of a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church in 1666, the Russian Old Believers migrated to the edge of the Russian Empire and beyond...
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    cultural system (Linton 1963; Spicer 1961). Spicer (1969:529-34) identifies four types of pro- cesses at

  • Characteristics of a functional organization : a case study of the Portland Rose Festival Association

    Creator:
    Newbore, Lisa M.
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    This research addresses the functional characteristics of a single organization. It specifically investigates one of the largest festival organizations in the United States, The Portland Rose Festival Association (PRFA). In this case, three groups within the PRFA are its foundation: the paid staff, the executive committee, and the volunteer directors....
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    Volunteer Director Questionnaire 1.4.3 To Robert R. Deardorff My dad who will always be with me

  • Education, community development and cultural resistance in rural Nepal

    Creator:
    Shrestha, Ava
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    In 1974 Tribhuvan University implemented the National Development Service (NDS) program as part of the graduate curricula. The program required all the graduate students to serve ten months in the rural areas of Nepal, helping in the on-going projects related to agriculture, health, education, and social sciences. This study describes...
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    February 27, 1981 Typed by Susan R. Gough for Ava Shrestha ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am immeasurably indebted