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NORTHWEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONFERENCE

SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS

CONTENTS

THURSDAY MORNING
APRIL 16, 1998
SESSION 1:General Session: Ethnology and Linguistics
CHAIR:Katherine Weist (The University of Montana).
TIME:9:00 - 11:40 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom A
9:00Hatt, D.G. (University of Calgary) Aspects of the Berber linguistic renaissance.
9:20Putsche, Laura (University of Idaho) Some Factors Influencing the Maintenance of Pride in Indigenous Culture and Language: A Comparison of Two Western Amazonian Communities.
9:40Thomas, Lewis K. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Desire of Old Things: Nostalgia, Colonialism, and the Opening of Burma (Myanmar).
10:00Francisconi, Michael J. (Western Montana College) The Nature of the Informal and Formal Economy on the Navajo Nation.
10:20Bessac, Suzanne (The University of Montana) The Story of Mu Hu - Meanings in a Hmong Myth.
10:40Han, Hua (University of Idaho) A Retrospect of the Development of Anthropology in China.
11:00Goodfellow, Anne (University of British Columbia) Language use as a marker of social identity.
11:20Greymorning, Stephen (The University of Montana) --Calder v. Attorney General of British Columbia, A case of Cultural Relativity v. an Imperial Court.
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SESSION 2:Columbia Plateau Archaeology
CHAIR:Lee Sappington (University of Idaho).
TIME:9:00 - 11:40 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom B
9:00Sappington, Lee (University of Idaho) Prehistoric Fishing in the Clearwater River Region, North Central Idaho.
9:20Goodrick, Stacy R. (University of Idaho) An Analysis of Clearwater River Gravels: Technological Organization of Riverine People in North Central Idaho.
9:40Davis, Loren G. (University of Alberta, Edmonton) Life Along the River: Progress on the Archaeology of Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene Human Adaptation from the Cooper's Ferry Site (10IH73).
10:00Pavasic, Max G. (Boise State University) Ancient Imagery at Big Springs: A Sacred Locality in the Mountains of Idaho.
10:20BREAK.
10:40Murphy, Andrew (Central Washington University and Hackenberger, Steven (Central Washington University) Tree-ring growth patterns in charcoal from Hells Canyon house features: climatic fluctuations between 2000 and 500 BP.
11:00Ralston, Jennifer A. (University of Idaho) Application of GIS to the Pierce Chinese Mining Site.
11:20Eccleston, Kendall D. (University of Idaho) The Applicability of Phytolith Analysis to the Columbia Plateau.
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SESSION 3:Race, Racism and the Politics of Identity
CHAIR:Gregory Campbell (The University of Montana)
TIME:9:20 - 11:40 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom C
9:20Campbell, Gregory (The University of Montana) Race, Racism, and in the Post-Civil Rights Era.
9:40Richards, Staci (The University of Montana) Revisiting History: African American Women and Feminism.
10:00Orth, Beverly T. (The University of Montana) The State(s) of White Identity in Contemporary America.
10:20BREAK.
10:40Lee, Justin B. (The University of Montana) The Dialectics of the Melting Pot Mentality and the Principles of Ethnicity: Toward Rethinking What it Means to be an "American."
11:00Huddleston, Chad M. (The University of Montana) We are Aztlan: Chicano Ethnogenesis and the Role of Homeland.
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THURSDAY AFTERNOON
SESSION 4:General Session: Archaeology

CHAIR:

Scott Fitzpatrick (University of Oregon)

TIME:

1:20 - 4:40 P.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom A

1:20

Morgenstein, Maury E. (Geosciences Management Institute, Inc.) Wickert, Carolyn L. (The Catholic University of America) and Barkatt, Aaron (The Catholic University of America) Considerations of Hydration-Rind Dating of Glass Artifacts: Alteration Morphologies and Experimental Evidence of Hydrogeochemical Soil-Zone Pore Water Control.
1:40Mayer, James H. (Center for the Study of the First Americans and Oregon State University) The Dinwoody Rock Art of Wyoming: More Evidence for the Origins of Rock Art Through Shamanism.
2:00Lohse, E. S. (Idaho State University) Making a CD-ROM for lithic use-wear analysis.
2:20Fitzpatrick, Scott M. (University of Oregon) An Archaeological Study of Pottery Using Acid-Extraction: Methodological and Interpretive Issues.
2:40Herbel, Brian (University of Idaho) "A Marxist Dialectical Approach to Archaeology."
3:00BREAK.
3:20McLean, Rani F. (The University of Montana) and Morrison, Beth (University of California-Riverside) Possible Field Houses of the El Eden Wetland.
3:40Beery, Derek S. (The University of Montana) Late Prehistoric Trade Connections Between the Plains and Mississippian Culture Areas.
4:00Matovich, Jeanette (The University of Montana) A Season at Tell Mozan.
4:20Joho, Brian (The University of Montana) Chert Extraction of the Wallkill River Valley.
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SESSION 5:Mountain Archaeology

CHAIR:

Greg C. Burtchard (International Archaeological Research Institute)

TIME:

2:00 - 4:40 P.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom B

2:00

Cooper, Nicole J. (The University of Montana) Procurement, Use and Exchange: The Distribution of Obsidian Artifacts in Western Montana.
2:20Merrell, Carolynne L. (Archaeographics) Culturally peeled tree inventory along the historic Lolo Trail.
2:40Burtchard, Greg C. (International Archaeological Research Institute) Surface versus Subsurface Site Distribution Patterns in Forested Environments: A case for Constant Volume Sampling.
3:00Orvald, Tucker O. (Central Washington University) Gauthier, Tara (Central Washington University) McFarland, Doug (Central Washington University ) Williams, Brett (Central Washington University) McCutcheon, Patrick T. (Central Washington University) Subsurface Reconnaissance at 45PI408, Mount Rainier National Park.
3:20BREAK.
3:40Scott, Shane J. (Central Washington University) Gallagher, Michelle (Central Washington University) Gauthier, Tara (Central Washington University) and McCutcheon, Patrick T. (Central Washington University) Systematic survey in Mount Rainier National Park.
4:00Burtchard, Greg C. (International Archaeological Research Institute) Foragers and Collectors: An Update on Processual Intensification Models in the Montane Pacific Northwest.
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SESSION 6:History, Tradition and Identity

CHAIR:

Janet Finn (The University of Montana)

TIME:

2:00 - 4:20 P.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom C

2:00

Moyer, David (The University of Montana) A Case of Mistaken Identity: Shield Bearing Warriors on the Northern Plains.
2:20Richardson, Heidi (University of Idaho) Mariachi Music in Mexico: A Symbol of Mexican Identity and Nationalism.
2:40Bouwhuis, Shannan (The University of Montana) "Can Youth Gangs Be Considered an Ethnic Group?"
3:00BREAK.
3:20Edwards, Angela D. (The University of Montana) Migrancy as a Limiting Factor for Economic and Political Mobility Among Chicano Agricultural Workers.
3:40Milestone, Juris M. (Eastern Washington University) Landlubbers and Shellbacks: A Nautical Heritage Kept Alive.
4:00Panas, Timothy (The University of Montana) The Metis: Ethnogenesis and Ethnic Identity Formation in North America.
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FRIDAY MORNING
APRIL 17, 1998

SESSION 7:Symposium - Sequim Archaeology

CHAIR:

Morgan, Vera E. (Eastern Washington University)

TIME:

9:00 - 11:00 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom A

9:00

Hartmann, Glenn (Eastern Washington University) The Olcott Component at Site 45CA426, Sequim, Washington.
9:20Larsen, Sharon A. (Eastern Washington University) Replication Studies of Chipped Stone at Site 45CA426, Sequim, Washington.
9:40Morgan, Vera E. (Eastern Washington University) The Locarno Beach Occupation at Site 45CA426, Sequim, Washington.
10:00BREAK.
10:20Walker, Sara L. (Eastern Washington University) Quartz-Crystal Microblade Use at Site 45CA426, Sequim, Washington.
10:40Ives, Ryan S. (Eastern Washington University) Examinations of Burned-Rock Features at Site 45CA426, Sequim, Washington.
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SESSION 8:Anthropology of Urban Settings

CHAIR:

GG Weix (The University of Montana)

TIME:

9:40 - 11:40 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom B

9:40

Tyree, Daniel J. (Eastern Washington University) Attitudes About Cremation Among Peoples Living in Spokane, Washington.
10:00Fletcher, Ryan D. (Pacific Lutheran University) Formulating "Home": Coherence and Mobility among Tacoma's Urban Poor.
10:20Barber, Kathryn (Eastern Washington University) "First Avenue Community."
10:40BREAK.
11:00Valentine, Danielle (The University of Montana) Cremation as a Method of Bodily Disposition: A Montanan Trend and its Meaning.
11:20Segawa, Hitomi (University of Idaho) Social Organization Among Japanese at the University of Idaho.
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SESSION 9:Native Americans, Ethnonationalism and Identity

CHAIR:

Stephen Greymorning (The University of Montana)

TIME:

9:00 - 11:40 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom C

9:00

Eiselein, E. B. (A & A Research) Native American Radio and Applied Media Anthropology.
9:20Whittles, M. J. (University of Lethbridge) Eskimos and Inuit: history and identity in the Canadian Arctic.
9:40Campbell, Gregory R. (The University of Montana) þWhat is an Indian?þ The Politics of Identity.
10:00Wright, Kyle D. (The University of Montana) Red Power and the Creation of a Pan- Indian Ethnic Identity.
10:20BREAK.
10:40Badzioch, Deborah L. (University of Alberta) Ethnonationalism and cultural education, a First Nation approach.
11:00Moses, Sharon (The University of Montana) Ethnogenesis and American Indian Identity.
11:20Greymorning, Stephen (The University of Montana) A Reexamination of the Rise of Imperial Rule over Indigenous North America.
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SESSION 10:Physical Anthropology

CHAIR:

Randall Skelton (The University of Montana)

TIME:

9:00 - 11:40 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom D

9:00

St. Jacques, Kevin W. (The University of Montana) Vocalization Studies of New World Primates: A Review.
9:20Ringleb, Charlotte (Missoula, Montana) A Preliminary Description of the Paleo- Landscapes Occupied by Purgatorius spp., the-Earliest-known Primatomorphs.
9:40Roddy, Shannon (Central Washington University) and Sugden, Jennifer (Central Washington University) Cranial Deformation in Osteological Collections from the Middle Columbia River: A Study in Cultural Affiliation and Anthropometric Measurement.
10:00Sperazza, Michael (The University of Montana) The Geographic Distribution of Molar Cusp Patterns of Australopithecines and paranthropus.
10:20BREAK.
10:40Loudon, James (Central Washington University) Turner, Scott (Central Washington University) Fuentes, Agustin (Central Washington University) A case study of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) on the island of Barbados.
11:00Langdon, Jennifer (Central Washington University) and Shumate, Erin (Central Washington University) Environmental Stress as Measured from Dental and Osteological Collections from Coastal and Interior Populations of the Pacific Northwest.
11:20Skelton, Randall (The University of Montana) A Comparison of two cladistic models of early hominid phylogeny.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON

SESSION 11:Workshop: Learning Outcomes for Undergraduate Anthropology Curriculum

CHAIR:

Loran Cutsinger (Central Washington University)

TIME:

1:30 - 4:30 P.M.
LOCATION: Dolack Room
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SESSION 12:Heritage Conservation and Museology: Issues and Techniques
CHAIR:David Garry Kerr (The University of Montana)

TIME:

2:00 - 4:20 P.M.
LOCATION: Stan Lynde Ballroom A

2:00

Hickerson, Leslie M. (Deschutes National Forest) Walker Mountain Lookout Repairs, A Passport in Time Project.
2:20Johnson, Paula (Paragon Research Associates) Archaeological Curation Standards: A Dual Responsibility.
2:40Klug, L. M. (Central Washington University) Yakima Painted Rocks: A Cleaning and Preservation Project 25 years later.
3:00BREAK.
3:20Cloke, Heather (Central Washington University) Gallagher, Michelle (Central Washington University) and Osmundson, Mari (Central Washington University) Museum Kits as Public Education Tools.
3:40Nickels, Adam M. (Central Washington University) Image based Computer Data Management for Archaeological Collections.
4:00Kerr, Garry D. (The University of Montana) Casting Techniques: Advances in mold making materials.
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SESSION 13:Geoarchaeology
CHAIR:Jerry R. Galm (Eastern Washington University)

TIME:

1:20 - 3:40 P.M.
LOCATION: Stan Lynde Ballroom B

1:20

Bryan, Alan L. (University of Alberta) and Gruhn, Ruth (University of Alberta) Late Pleistocene Sites in Calgary: Implications for Montana Archaeology
1:40Gough, Stan (Eastern Washington University) The timing of late Quaternary fluvial adjustments and landform development, upper Columbia River, Northeastern Washington.
2:00Losey, Robert (University of Oregon) Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Land Subsidence on the Southern Northwest Coast.
2:20BREAK.
2:40Davis, Loren G. (University of Alberta, Edmonton) Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Soil Carbonates as a Geoarchaeological Tool: A Primer
3:00Davis, Leslie B. (Museum of Rockies, Montana State University-Bozeman) and Hill, Christopher L. (Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University-Bozeman) Blacktail Cave stratigraphy, paleontology, and archaeology: First Montanans research in the South Dearborn drainage, Montana.
3:20Galm, Jerry R. (Eastern Washington University) Gough, Stan (Eastern Washington University) and Nials, Fred (Dayton, Nevada) Late Quaternary Alluvial Chronologies and Environmental Change in the Columbia Plateau.
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SESSION 14:Cultural Studies

CHAIR:

Sarah A. C. Keller (Eastern Washington University)

TIME:

1:20 - 3:40 P.M.
LOCATION: Stan Lynde Ballroom C

1:20

Strange, Frederick (Eastern Washington University) Teaching Postmodernism.
1:40Scott, Patrick M. (University of Idaho) The Relationship of Habitus and Field to Material Culture.
2:00Keller, Sarah A. C. (Eastern Washington University) and Galm, Ruth A. (Eastern Washington University) Ethical ethnology: protection of informants in research.
2:20BREAK.
2:40Scott, Linda M. (University of Idaho) What "The Great Houndini" through the entertainment industry.
3:00Clemans, Megan (Eastern Washington University) Female Circumcision: The Significance of a Misrepresented Practice.
3:20Kruchkow, James L. (University of Idaho) Anthropological Modeling of Computer Security Principles and Practices.
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SESSION 15:Pacific Northwest Ethnology and Ethnohistory
CHAIR:Sharon Moses (The University of Montana)

TIME:

2:00 - 4:20 P.M.
LOCATION: Stan Lynde Ballroom D

2:00

Slickpoo, Allen P. (Director, Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program) Interpretations of History from the Native Perspectives.
2:20Butler, Caroline (University of British Columbia) Indian Candy/Indian Culture: The value of wind drying salmon in St¢:lþ culture.
2:40Upton, Sian R. (University of British Columbia) We all have our own special way of helping people": contemporary healing in the St¢:lþ community of the Frazer Valley in British Columbia.
3:00BREAK.
3:20Tubutis, Todd J. (University of British Columbia) It's just something that's taken for granted": Using photographs in interviewing about St¢:lþ culture.
3:40Moses, Sharon (The University of Montana) Dual Inheritance Theory and Culture Change as Applied to the Kwakiutl and Potlatch Practices.
4:00Trautman, Pam (Central Washington University) The Potlatch Then and Now: An Internship at U'Mista Cultural Centre, Alert Bay, B.C.
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SATURDAY MORNING

APRIL 18, 1998

SESSION 16:Pacific Northwest Archaeology

CHAIR:

William Prentiss (The University of Montana)

TIME:

9:20 - 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Stan Lynde Ballroom A

9:20

Bicchieri, Barbara (Central Washington University) Archaeological Investigations in the Yakima River Canyon.
9:40Luttrell, Charles T. (Eastern Washington University) Results from the Washington Centennial excavations at Salishan Mesa (45GR445), an upland Middle-Late Period archaeological site.
10:00McFarland, Douglas (Central Washington University) Soil Resistivity Survey of Archaeological House Features in the Yakima River Basin.
10:20Hann, Don (USFS) The Slaughter Ridge Site: A Middle Archaic Hunting Base Camp in the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon.
10:40Myers, Danielle D. (Western Oregon University) Chinese vernacular architecture and architectural forms at Two Dragon Camp: a cross-cultural analysis.
11:00Endacott, Neal (Madison, Wisconsin) and Cassel, Mark (Madison, Wisconsin) A Comparison of Seal Elements from Two Middens at a Late Nineteenth-Century Whaling Station in Northwest Alaska.
11:20Bush, Kelly R. (Western Washington University) Excavations at DgRg 4, a Mid- elevation site above the Skagit River, Southwestern British Columbia.
11:40Prentiss, William (The University of Montana) Chatters, James C. (Applied Paleoscience) Integrating Function and History: Macroevolutionary Theory and Archaeology.
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SESSION 17:Symposium: Working and Studying abroad

CHAIR:

Katherine Weist (The University of Montana)

TIME:

9:20-11:20 A.M.
LOCATION:Stan Lynde Ballroom B

9:20

McLean, Rani F. (The University of Montana) An American Chicana in the Mexican Homeland.
9:40Brabeck, Katy (The University of Montana) Amigos, Amoebas, and Taxi Cab Drivers.
10:00Collins, Beth (The University of Montana) Ugali no Uhuru: the essentials of a year in Tanzania.
10:20BREAK.
10:40Hagen, Floyd (The University of Montana) Indonesian in Indonesia with Indonesians.
11:00Smedley, Bryce (The University of Montana) Tro-Tro and the American Passenger.
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