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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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    were Harry Smiskin and Frank Sohappy. The two brothers were full brothers having the same mother and

  • The reflection of culture in biological evolution

    Creator:
    Yates, Dean Arnold
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    Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
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  • Approval seeking motivation : a determinant of conformity to group norms inconsistent with personal values

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    Martin, Harry J.
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of approval seeking motivation and social cost upon conformity to group norms which were inconsistent with personal values. Utilizing the Asch conformity paradigm, 321 subjects were exposed to a group opinion which was contradictory to one of their personal values. The results...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Harry Joseph Martin for the

  • Transactional analysis applied to a community development issue

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    Manolescu, Kathleen M.
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    Barth's theory of transactional analysis is applied to the community of Tiller, Oregon and its reaction to a development proposal. Community behavior patterns vis-a-vis the development proposal are examined from a processual point of view to determine how these patterns are generated. The community's history and contemporary situation are described....
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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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    ." To further illustrate, LLL HLL H is drummed for the phrase "bokokowa olondo" which can be translated

  • 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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  • The formation of capitalist market-relations in the Arab Middle-East

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    El-Ashban, Abdul Aziz
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    The formation of capitalistic market-relations in the Third World (known also as the underdeveloped world) has been an ongoing process for hundreds of years. The degree of such capitalistic formation has been mainly a function of the quantitative and qualitative nature of the contact between the industrialized metropolitan centers (basically...
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    and Sub-Imperialism 81 H. Summary 87 V. Development-Underdevelopment 89 A. Oil and the Needs of the

  • Oregon's early peoples and their relation to the environment : an interpretive approach

    Creator:
    Possiel, William John
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    The dramatic upsurge of contract-supported archaeological activity, generated by legislative action, has precipitated an increase in information about Oregon's prehistoric peoples. This information, however, has not been presented in a format which can be easily understood by the general public. This study presents an account of early peoples in Oregon,...
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    ). Richard Wagner in his book Environment and Man (1974) commented most precisely on change. He suggested

  • "Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

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    Stephenson, Garry Owen
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    Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
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    1974); record the history of the fishery (e.g., Harry 1956; Andrews 1959); or analyze the fishery from

  • County responses to Goal 5 of LCDC planning goals and guidelines

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    Short, Sharyl Elaine
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    Recent national and state legislation reflect a growing awareness of the need for comprehensive cultural resource management programs. Various pieces of federal legislation and Oregon's Senate Bill 100 demonstrate a willingness of governments to provide for such programs. The administration of local land use issues at the state government level...
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    , wetlands, waterspots and ground- water resources; h. wilderness areas; i. historic areas, sites