Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Lifeways

Duration: 1 hr, 30 min setup / takedown Projector / microphone Theater style

Using ethnographic and cartographic sources, the importance of seasonal wetlands is noted for the valley. The way in which the valley wetlands were destroyed gives us clues as to how different our valley is today that 180 years ago. The dominance of Seasonal wetlands suggests that the Kalapuyans live a much different life than previously noted, and culturally adapted to wetland conditions with the seasons.

David G. Lewis, PhD, is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, a descendant of the Takelma, Chinook, Molalla, and Santiam Kalapuya peoples of western Oregon. David has a PhD in anthropology from the University of Oregon (2009) and teaches full time in Anthropology and Indigenous Studies at OSU.

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