This document is the curriculum vitae of David Gene Lewis. It summarizes his education, including a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Oregon, and professional experience as a tribal historian and cultural resources manager. It also lists his extensive publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on Native American topics in Oregon. Finally, it provides details of his conference participation, organized panels, invited talks, and community outreach activities.

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David Gene Lewis
Curriculum Vitae
Chemeketa Community College 1194 37th Place NE
Department of Social Sciences Salem Oregon, 97301
Building 1 dgl.coyotez@gmail.com
4000 Lancaster Dr. NE
Salem, OR 97305
Education
Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2009
M.A. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2000
B.A. Humanities Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1997
A.A. Humanities, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA, 1993
Professional Experience
2014-2015 Principal/Owner, Ethnohistory Research, LLC, Salem, Oregon
2012-2014 Tribal Historian/Cultural Archives and Exhibits Manager,
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, Oregon
2006-2012 Cultural Resources Department Manager, Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, Oregon
2000-2006 Director/Coordinator, Southwest Oregon Research Project, University
of Oregon, Eugene
Publications

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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
2014 Four Deaths: The Near Destruction of Western Oregon Tribes and
Native Lifeways, Removal to the Reservation and Erasure from
History. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 115(3), Fall, 414-437.
2011 Shawash Ili?I Kenim (Grand Ronde Canoe Story). Oregon Historical
Quarterly, Vol. 112, No. 3 Fall, 376-379.
Co-authored Peer Reviewed Articles
2014 Native American Archives Special Issue: Dedication. Journal of
Western Archives, Vol. 6, Issue 1. with Jennifer O’Neil.
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol6/iss1/
2014 Developing and Organizing a Professional Development Gathering for
Oregon’s Tribal Communities: The Oregon Tribal Archives Institute.
Journal of Western Archives, Vol. 6, Issue 1. with Natalie Fernandez.
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol6/iss1/
2010 Western Oregon Reservations: Two Perspectives on Place, Oregon
Historical Quarterly, 476-485, with Robert Kentta.
2001 Ourigan: Wealth of the Northwest Coast. Oregon Historical Quarterly,
101(2), 127-157, with Scott Byram.
Book Chapters
2012 Oregon. Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia.
Greenwood Publishing group, Portsmouth, NH. Ed. Daniel Murphree.
949-974.
2002 Native Experiences and Perspectives as Revealed in the Indian
Correspondence in the SWORP Archival Collection. Changing
Landscapes, Volume 3. Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, Oregon.
2001 Ethnographic Histories of a Tolowa Deeni Fish Camp. Changing
Landscapes, Volume 2. Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, Oregon.

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Co-Authored Book Chapters
2012 Chinookan Tribes of the Clackamas and Cascades: Oral Histories,
Treaties, and Removal to the Grand Ronde Reservation, with Eirik
Thorsgard, Chuck Williams. Chinookan Peoples of the Lower
Columbia, Editors Robert Boyd, Kenneth Ames, Tony Johnson.
University of Washington Press. Seattle. 307-325.
2008 Ceded Lands-Usual and Accustomed Areas in Oregon, Washington,
and California. Tribal GIS Supporting Native American Policies with
GIS. Ed. Nancy Sappington et al., with Volker Mell, Eirik Thorsgard.
ESRI, Redlands, CA.
2008 Native Languages in Western Oregon. Tribal GIS Supporting Native
American Policies with GIS. Ed. Nancy Sappington et al., with Volker
Mell, Eirik Thorsgard. ESRI, Redlands, CA.
2007 Oregon Native Language Archival Resources. Teaching Oregon Native
Languages. with Deanna Kingston. Joan Gross, Editor, Oregon State
University Press, Corvallis, OR.
Peer Reviewed Online Articles
2014 Natives in the National Archives: The Southwest Oregon Research
Project. Journal of Western Archives, Vol. 6, Issue 1.
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol6/iss1/
2012 Local Indians Kept Brewing Alive During Prohibition. Oregon Beer
Growler, July 2012, pp 18. http://www.oregonbeergrowler.com/july-
2012.html
2001 The Tolowa Deeni Fish Camp Nomination and its Meaning to Public
Anthropology, Public Anthropology: the Graduate Journal 2,
University of Hawaii-Manoa Edition. [no longer online].

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Encyclopedia Entries
Oregon Encyclopedia, Oregon Historical Society http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/
2015 Reuben “Rube” Sanders (1876-1957) (in press)
2015 Spirit Mountain (in press)
2015 Willamette Falls (in press)
2015 Molalla Kate (in press)
2015 Chief Kiesno (1779?-1848)
2015 Chief Halo (Halito) (?-1892)
2014 Tecumtum (?-1864)
2014 Kalapuya Man Drawing
2014 Willamette Valley Treaties
2012 Capt. Leonard White (1827-1870)
2012 Cascadia Cave
2012 Theodore Stern (1917-2005)
2012 Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
2011 Appaloosa Horse Breed
2010 Gus Envela Jr. (1968-)
2009 Philip Sheridan (1831-1888)
2009 Native American Loggers in Oregon
2009 Coast Indian Reservation

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2009 Anson Dart
2009 Fr. Adrian Croquet (1818-1902)
2009 Native American Agricultural labor in the Willamette Valley
2009 Alsea Subagency of the Siletz Reservation
2008 Athapascan Indians
Newsletter & Newspaper Articles
2015 New University of Oregon Pioneer Uniforms Ignore Oregon Tribes.
Indian Country Today Media Network.com, 10/10/2015.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/10/10/new-
university-oregon-pioneer-uniforms-ignore-oregon-tribes-162030.
2014 When Doctoring Turned to White Man’s Medicine: A Brief History of
Health Care Among Oregon's Native Americans. Medicine in Oregon,
Winter 2015, pp 30-32. Oregon Medical Association.
2012 Grand Ronde Tribal History. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Grand Ronde, OR.
2010 Oregon Tribal Genealogy: History and Research. The Bulletin,
Genealogy Forum of Oregon.
2008 Indian War in 1855 Changes Plans for Wholesale Removal to Coast
Reservation. Smoke Signals. Oct. 1, pp 8-9. Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde.
2008 Coast Reservation's Boundaries Fluctuate During Its Formation.
Smoke Signals. Sept. 15, pp 8-9. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2007 Tribal Members Were Jammin': At the Grand Ronde and Siletz
reservations, canning industry flourished for several decades. Smoke
Signals, Sept. 15, pp 1, 6-7. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

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2002 Kalapuya Calendar. Smoke Signals, Nov. 15, pp 9. Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, OR.
Book Editor
2012 Chinuk Wawa/Kakwa Nsayka Ulman-Tilixam Laska Munk-Kemteks
Nsayka/ As Our Elders Teach us to Speak It. Henry Zenk,
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, OR.
2001 Changing Landscapes, Volume 2. Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend,
Oregon. Co-Editors Jason Younker, Mark Tveskov.
Other Writings
2014 Natural Foresters: Native Timber Traditions and Logging from the
Grand Ronde Tribe. Willamette Valley Voices: Connecting
Generations, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2014.
2013 Articles From the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Willamette
Valley Voices, Special Edition, in Commemoration of 30 Years of
Restoration 1983-2013. Willamette Heritage Center.
2013 Amenma Dinibau, Canoe Culture of the Kalapuya Tribes. Willamette
Valley Voices, Willamette Heritage Center.
2012 We Are Here to Stay, The Annual Celebration of the Restoration of the
Grand Ronde Tribe, Willamette Valley Voices, Willamette Heritage
Center.
2012 Achaf-hammi, A House Built of Cedar Planks. Willamette Valley
Voices, Willamette Heritage Center, Salem.
2012 An Administrative History of the Coast Reservation. David G. Lewis,
Daniel L. Boxberger. H.R. 841, Testimony before the Committee on
Indian Affairs, Feb 2, 2013 & May 3, 2013.

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2009 Termination of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon, Community, Politics, Identity. PhD Dissertation,
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene.
2002 The Southwest Oregon Research Project: A Source for Oregon Indian
Ethnohistory. Current Archaeological Happenings in Oregon, 26(3).
Association of Oregon Archaeologists, State Museum of Anthropology.
2002 University of Oregon Anthropology: Building Bridges with Pacific
Northwest Tribes, Anthropology at the University of Oregon.
Department of Anthropology, with Jon Erlandson & Jason Younker.
2001 Response to Lewis Macarthur, Oregon Historical Quarterly, 101(3).
405-407, with Scott Byram.
2001 Response to Yvonne Hajda, Oregon Historical Quarterly, 102(4) 546-
547.
2001 Southwest Oregon Research Project: Inventory to the Archival
Collection. University of Oregon Library System, Eugene.
2000 Tolowa Deeni Fish Camp: a Traditional Cultural and Archaeological
Property Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places,
Master’s Paper, University of Oregon, Department of Anthropology,
Eugene.
In Preparation
2014 Our Hearts Are Upon this Land: Ethnohistories of the Kalapuya
Indians
2013 Termination and Restoration, as our elders remember it. Oregon State
University Press. (Contracted)

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Conference Activity
Conferences Organized
2014-2015 Western History Association 55th Annual Conference, Oct. 21-24,
Portland OR.
2014 2nd Annual Grand Ronde History Conference, Nov.14, Grand Ronde,
OR.
2013 Grand Ronde History Conference, Nov.14 Grand Ronde, OR.
2009 Streams of Language, Memory and Lifeways, Native American
Archives, Museums and Libraries Conference, Oct. 19-22, Portland,
OR.
Panels Organized
2015 Rock Art and Rock Features Research in the Northwest. Northwest
Anthropological Conference, Mar. 24-28, Eugene.
2014 Native Americans and Citizenship. Pacific Northwest History
Conference. Apr. 3-5, Vancouver, WA.
2011 Herding the Scholars: Tribal Administration of Ethnohistory
Research in Western Oregon. Ethnohistory Association Conference,
Oct. 19-22, Pasadena, CA.
2006 UO Museums Conference in Honor of Richard West, Archives Wawa.
Oct. 3, Eugene.
2005 Oregon Cedar Plank-splitting. Many Nations Longhouse,
Oregon Indian Education Association, University of Oregon, Eugene.

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Invited Conference Talks
2015 Kalapuya Peoples of the Willamette Valley: Rewriting the Histories.
2nd Annual Contributing Voices Conference, Oct. 23, Western Oregon
University, Monmouth, OR.
2015 Cascadia Cave, Santiam, Molalla & Halo Rock. Northwest
Anthropology Association Conference, Mar. 25-28, Eugene. with Esther
Stutzman.
2015 Cascadia Cave Tour. Northwest Anthropology Association Conference,
Mar. 25-28, Eugene, Willamette National Forest. with Tony Farque.
2014 Western Oregon Tribal Archives. Archives* Records: Ensuring Access.
Aug. 10-16, Society of American Archivists, Washington D.C.
2011 Horse People in Canoe Country: Kuitan Tillicums, Canim Illahee;
Klickitats in Western Oregon, 1829–1856. Ethnohistory Association
Conference, Oct 19-22, with Robert Boyd & Scott Byram.
2011 Problems in Oregon Tribal Education. Oregon Council of Teachers of
English Conference, Oct. 1, Hillsboro, OR.
2010 Repatriating the Summer’s Collection. American Society for
Ethnohistory Conference, Oct. 13-17, Ottawa, Canada.
2010 Revisioning Grand Ronde. American Society for Ethnohistory
Conference, Oct. 13-17, Ottawa, Canada.
2004 The Southwest Oregon Research Project. Oregon Collaborative Project
Conference, Oct. 21-22, Tamaskilist Museum, Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla, Pendleton, OR. Oregon State Library Association.
2004 Grand Ronde Plankhouse: Restoring Traditional Cedar Planksplitting.
Celebrating Traditions, Coquille Indian Tribe, Mill Casino, North
Bend, OR. with Don Day.

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2003 The Southwest Oregon Research Project Archival Collection: Linguistic
Research Opportunities. Speaking to the Seventh Generation: 2nd
Annual Language Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
2001 Indian Voices In the Southwest Oregon Research Project Collection.
Celebrating Traditions Conference, Coquille Indian Tribe, Mill Casino,
North Bend, OR.
2001 The Ourigan Trail, Historical Perspectives on an Indigenous Place
Name. American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, Oct 17-21,
Tucson, AZ. with Scott Byram.
2000 Tolowa Fish Camp: A Traditional Cultural Property. Celebrating
Traditions Conference. Coquille Indian Tribe, Mill Casino, North Bend,
OR.
2000 Thunder Feeds the People. Celebrating Traditions Conference,
Coquille Indian Tribe, Mill Casino, North Bend, OR.
2000 American Indian Students In Archaeology, Arizona Archaeology Expo,
Mar. 18-19, Tucson, AZ. with Madonna Moss.
1999 SWORP II Research. Celebrating Traditions Conference, Coquille
Indian Tribe, Mill Casino, North Bend, OR.
Campus Talks
2007 Community Conversations: What are ethnocide and genocide? Feb. 27,
University of Oregon, Eugene,
2002 Re-establishment of an Indigenous Place Name: Ooligan/Oregon and
the Role of History. Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon.
2001 Emergence from the Black Hole, The Southwest Oregon Research
Project and its Meaning to Tribal Communities. Graduate Symposium,
Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene. with Jason Younker.

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Outreach
2015 Darkening and Enlightening Santiam Kalapuya Prophesy.
Endangered Poetics: On Translating Ancestral Languages, Nov. 2,
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR.
2015 Who are the Tribal Peoples of Oregon? Diversity & Inclusion
Conference, Sep. 29-30, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem
OR.
2015 Native Peoples During WWII, Legacies of WWII on the Coast, Oregon
Transformed, Jun. 12, Oregon Historical Society, Cannon Beach
History Center and Museum, Cannon Beach, OR.
2015 Becoming the Tribal Anthropologist. May 20, PSU Department of
Anthropology, Portland, OR.
2015 Native Societies before Portland. Year of Trade In Portland, Feb. 25,
Port of Portland, Oregon Historical Society.
2015 The Nightmare Prophesy: Mose Hudson’s Dark Narrative. Expanding
Voices, Jan. 29, William Stafford’s 101st Birthday, Arlington Club,
Portland Oregon, with Peter Sears, Lawson Inada, Paulann Peterson.
2014 The Molalla. Molalla High School and Molalla Library, Oct. 29,
Molalla, Oregon.
2014 History and Historical Questions of the Grand Ronde Tribe. Aug. 5,
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
2014 200 Years of Changes to Native Peoples of Western Oregon. History
101 Series, Sep. 8, Oregon Historical Society, Kennedy School,
Portland.
2013 Our Hearts Are Upon This Land: Stories of the Kalapuya and Takelma
and their removal to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. Death and
the Settling and Unsettling of Oregon. Nov. 7, Oregon Historical
Society.

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2012 Prohibition at the Reservation. Jul. 26, Willamette Heritage Center,
Salem, OR.
2005 War Against Memory. With Ibrihim Gassama and Keith Aoki, Lane
County Human Rights Committee, Eugene.
2004 Grand Ronde Plankhouse: Restoring Traditional Cedar Planksplitting.
Eugene, Citizen Planning Committee for the Whilamut Natural Area
of Alton Baker Park.
2002 Grand Ronde Tribes’ Native American Graduate Students in
Education. Spirit Mountain Casino, Grand Ronde, Oregon.
2002 Coquille Indian Tribe’s Southwest Oregon Research Project:
Contributions to Tribal Sovereignty. Jun.18, Harvard University’s
John D. Rockefeller Center for American Indian Economic
Development, Honoring Nations Award Program. with Jason Younker.
Teaching Experience
Sole Instructor
Willamette University
Native North American Cultures (fall 2015, winter 2008)
Chemeketa Community College
Introduction to Archaeology (spring, summer, fall 2015; winter, spring
2016*)
Oregon State University
Native North Americans (fall, spring 2013)
Native North Americans and Alaskan Natives (fall 2014)
University of Oregon
Native North Americans (spring 2014, spring 2013, spring 2012, spring
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Oregon Tribal Termination (spring 2007)
Western Oregon University
Oregon Native Culture and History (spring 2013)
Portland State University
History of American Indian Cultures (winter 2011)
Linfield College
People and Cultures- the Native Americans (fall 2009)
Co-Instructor
University of Oregon
Indigenous Studies of the Americas, with Lynn Stephen (spring 2006)
Working with Oregon Tribes, with Teresa O’Nell (fall 2012, fall 2011)
Oregon State University
Tribal Archives and Records Management Institute, with Larry
Landis, Natalie Fernandez, Jennifer O’Neil (summer 2012)
Native American Archival Research, with Deanna Kingston (2003)
Teaching Assistant: University of Oregon
Department of Anthropology& Knight Library Special Collections and
University Archives
Southwest Oregon Research Project & Archival Collection. (2000-2006)
Department of Anthropology
Introduction to Anthropology (1999)
International Studies Program
Cross-Cultural Communications (Winter 1997, Fall 1997)

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Research Projects
2015 Tolowa Dee’ni History Research, Tolowa Dee’ni Nation, Smith River,
CA.
2015 Cascades Tribal History. Cascades group, Salem, OR.
2015 Klickitat Tribal History Manuscript. with Scott Byram. Salem OR.
2015 Willamette Falls National Heritage Area Feasibility Study. Willamette
Falls Heritage Area Board, Oregon City, OR.
2015 Kalapuyans of the Salem Area History. Willamette Heritage Center,
Salem, OR.
2015 Kalapuyans of the Tualatin Valley History. Grand Ronde Tribe, Grand
Ronde, OR.
2014 Kalapuya Oral History. Salem, OR.
2013 Skilloot Ethnography. Cultural Protection Program, Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, OR.
2010 History of the Oregon Coast Reservation. Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, OR.
2010 Grand Ronde History. Douglas County archives, Roseberg, OR.
2005 Oral Histories of Termination in Western Oregon. University of
Oregon, Eugene.
2003-2009 Tribal Termination Policy in the United States, University of Oregon,
Eugene.
2002 Abel Douglass & Maria Mahoi Genealogy from Victoria B.C. and Deer
Island, Maine.
2002 Lewis, Mercier, Hudson, Leno, Gendro & Petit Genealogy of Grand
Ronde Reservation, Oregon.

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2001 2nd Coquille Tribe/University of Oregon Potlatch. Knight Library and
Special Collections, Department of Anthropology, University of
Oregon.
2000 Oral Histories of the Tolowa Deeni Fish Camp. Smith River, CA.
1999-2000 Ethnographic histories of the Tolowa surf-smelt fish camp. University
of Oregon, Eugene.
1998 Southwest Oregon Research Project II. Department of Anthropology,
Coquille Indian Tribe, Washington D.C.
Research Administrator
2014 Grand Ronde History. Smithsonian Institution & National Archives
Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
2012-2014 Administrative History of the Coast Indian Reservation and Tillamook
People. with Stephen Dow Beckham. Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde.
2012 Willamette Falls History and Ethnography. with Robert Boyd.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2011-2014 Portland Before Portland, with Robert Boyd. Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde.
2010-2014 Klickitats in Oregon. with Scott Byram. Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde.
2007-2014 Heirs of Succession, Grand Ronde Treaties Project, with Dan
Boxberger. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2007 Grand Ronde History. National Archives Research Administration,
Seattle WA. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2006-2012 Chinuk Wawa/Kakwa Nsayka Ulman-Tilixam Laska Munk-Kemteks
Nsayka/ As Our Elders Teach us to Speak It. Confederated Tribes of
the Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde OR. Editor Henry Zenk.

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2006 Southwest Oregon Research Project 3. Smithsonian Institution &
National Archives Records Administration, Washington, D.C.,
University of Oregon SWORP Program.
2000-2006 SWORP Archival Collection. Knight Library and Special Collections,
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon.
Professional Service
Peer Review
2014 Indian Donald L. Fixico. Resilience and Rebuilding, Indigenous
Nations in the Modern American West. Oregon Historical Quarterly.
2011 Charles Wilkinson. The People Are Dancing Again. Pacific History
Journal.
2008 Laura Berg. The First Oregonians, Second Edition. Oregon Historical
Quarterly.
2006 Siletz Tribal Comprehensive Plan. Siletz, OR.
2005 Beverly Ward and Jerry Running Fox manuscript. Oregon Historical
Society Press, Portland, OR.
2004-2005 Kalapuya Plankhouse Design and Grand Ronde Exhibit. Multicultural
Park, Lane County Parks and Recreation, Eugene.
2003 BC Studies, Chinook Jargon essay, anonymous review.
2003 Joel Berreman Manuscript Research. Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, University of Oregon, Coquille Indian Tribe.
2001 NAGPRA Consultation. Horner Museum Collection, Oregon State
University. Corvallis.

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To Profession
Journal of Western Archives Editorial Board, 2010-2015
Oregon Encyclopedia Editorial Board. Oregon Historical Society, 2006-2015.
To Community
Oregon Historical Society Library Advisory Committee, 2014
Tillamook Pioneer Historical Society Board, 2014-2015.
TriMet Bridge Naming Committee, 2013-2014.
Chair, Oregon Heritage Commission, 2013-2015.
Oregon State Task Force on Heritage. 2012- 2012.
Native American Community Advisory Committee, Portland Parks, 2012-
2014.
Oregon Geographic Place Names Board, 2011- 2013.
Oregon Heritage Commission, 2008- 2015
National Council on Levee Safety, Washington, D.C. 2009-2010.
Willamette Falls Heritage Area Coalition, Oregon City 2006-2015.
Ten Rivers Food Web Board, Corvallis 2008-2010.
West Eugene Wetlands Consortium, Eugene 2007-2009.
Oregon Historical Society Advisory Committee, Portland, OR. 2005-2006.
Many-Nations Longhouse Committee, University of Oregon, 2004-2006.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Culture Committee, Vice-Chair, 2002-
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Longhouse Building Committee, University of Oregon. 1995-1998.
Mary’s River Gathering Committee. 1998.
Associated Students Incidental Fee Committee, University of Oregon. 1996-
1997.
Native American Student Union Co-Director, University of Oregon, 1994-
1995.
Other Professional Experience
Exhibition Curation
2015 We Are Grand Ronde. Chehalem Cultural Center, Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde, Newberg, OR.
2014 Kalapuya Tribes of the Springfield Region Exhibit. Chifin Native
Youth Center, Springfield Public Schools.
2014 Phase 1 Gallery exhibition, The Second Exhibit. Chachalu Tribal
Museum and Cultural Center, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2014 Before The Grand Ronde Reserve: Presence and Assimilation at
Willamette Falls. End of the Oregon Trail Museum, Oregon City.
2014 Phase 1 Gallery Exhibition. The First Exhibit, Chachalu Tribal
Museum and Cultural Center, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2014 Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Willamette. Willamette Heritage
Center, Salem.
2013 We Were Here First…And We’re Here to Stay! Assimilation,
Termination, and Restoration of the Grand Ronde Tribe. Willamette
Heritage Center, Salem, OR.

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2013 Rogue River Tribes of Oregon. Grand Ronde Clinic, Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde.
2012 Coastal Tribes of Oregon. Elders Center, Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde.
2012 Kalapuya of the Willamette Valley: Permanent exhibit. Willamette
Heritage Center, Salem, OR.
2012 Grand Ronde Women. Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR.
2011 Grand Ronde Canoe Journey. Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR.
Interpretive Signs Curation
2014 Whilamut Passage I-5 bridge Interpretive Signs, ODOT Project,
Eugene, OR.
2014 Independence City Park Interpretive Signs, Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, Independence, OR.
2014 Salem Waterfront Interpretive Sign, Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, Salem, OR.
2013 Powell Butte Park Interpretive Center Signs, Portland Water Bureau,
Seareach Ltd., Portland, OR.
2013 Hunter Arboretum Interpretive Signs. Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, Dallas, OR.
2013 Canemah Park Interpretive Signs, METRO, Oregon City, OR.
2013 North Mountain Park Interpretive Signs, Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, North Mountain Park, Ashland.
2013 Tillamook Park Interpretive signs, Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, Tillamook Pioneer Historical Society, Tillamook, OR.
2012 Graham Oaks Park Interpretive Signs. METRO, Wilsonville, OR.

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2011 Scio Historical Society Interpretive Sign. Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, Scio, OR.
Video Consultation
2013-2015 Green Feathers, Logging Traditions. Independent film.
2012-13 Growing Native, Camas traditions. PBS Video.
2008 Cascade Indians of the Grand Ronde. Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde.
2009 Standing Tall: Indians of Western Oregon. Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Indians, Roseberg, OR.
2003 Philip Sheridan House: Grand Ronde Oregon. History Detectives,
Oregon Case Files, Public Broadcasting Station.
1997 Coquille Potlatch, Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, Oregon.
Consultation
2015 Che-Halpam Amim |Land of the Santiam People. Friday Artists, Ike
Box Coffeehouse, Salem, OR.
2014 Jean Barman, French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the
Making of the Pacific Northwest. UBC Press.
2013-2014 Oregon My Oregon, Oregon Historical Society, Portland.
2012 We’re all Immigrants … Unless your Kalapuya, a photo exploration of
cultural identity. Salem, OR.
2009-2010 Oregon Is Indian Country Exhibit, Oregon Historical Society, Portland.
2008-2014 I-5 Willamette River Bridge Artistic design and Enhancements.
Oregon Department of Transportation, Lane Council of Governments,
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2008 Grand Ronde Termination. Lane County Historical Society & Museum,
Eugene.
2005 Kalapuya Tribes of the Willamette Valley Exhibit, Washington County
Historical Society, Grand Ronde Culture Committee, Grand Ronde.
2004 Jean Barman, Maria Mahoi of the Islands. New Star Books,
Transmontanus Series, Vancouver, B.C.
2004 Oregon City Tribes Exhibit, Museum of the Oregon Territory, Oregon
City.
2004 Oregon Native Americans Exhibit. Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, University of Oregon, Eugene.
2002 Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: Traditional Gathering House.
MITHUN, Seattle, Washington.
Place-name Consultation
Chifin Native Youth Center. Springfield Public Schools, OR. 2014
Kʰunamokwst Park. Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland, OR. 2014
Tilikum Crossing Transit Bridge. TRIMET, Portland, OR. 2013
Condor Mascot. Kalapuya Elementary, Salem, OR. 2013
Kalapuya Elementary School. Salem, OR. 2012
Whilamut Crossing. ODOT, Eugene, OR. 2010
Professional Associations
Society of American Archivists: Native American Subcommittee. 2014-2015
Northwest Digital Archivists. 2010-2015

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American Anthropology Association. 2005-2015
American Association for Ethnohistory. 2007-2013
Awards
Whilamut Passage Bridge Project. Oregon Heritage Excellence Award, ODOT
for Design and Community Outreach. 2015
Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia. Choice Outstanding Academic
Title for 2014.
Grand Ronde Canoe Journey Exhibition. Award of Merit, American
Association for State and Local History. 2012
Owl Ridge Project. Oregon Heritage Excellence Award, Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde. 2009
Southwest Oregon Research Project (SWORP). Honored, Honoring Nations,
The Harvard Project for American Indian Economic Development. 2002
Academic Awards
Achievement Award, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Oregon.
2002
Languages
Spanish: Beginner reading, speaking.
French: Beginner reading, speaking.
Chinuk wawa: beginner reading, writing, speaking

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References
Jean Barman
Professor Emeritus
Department of Educational Studies
University of British Columbia
604-224-3983
jean.barman@ubc.ca
4243 w. 12th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6R 2P8
Robert T. Boyd
Affiliated Research Faculty
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
503 238-1035
rtboyd@pdx.edu
141 Cramer Hall
1721 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
William Lang
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Portland State University
503-347-1686
langw@pdx.edu
441 Cramer Hall
1721 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97201
Lynn Stephen
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
541-346-5168
lstephen@uoregon.edu
316 Condon Hall

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1218 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
John Ritter
Associate Professor
Linfield College
Department of History
503-779-5221
jritter@wvi.com